C++ project running in something other than cmd

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int carrots;

carrots = 25;
cout << "I have " << carrots << " carrots." << endl;

carrots = carrots - 1;
cout << "Crunch crunch, i now have " << carrots << " carrots." << endl;

return 0;
}

When ii compile and run this code with microsoft visual c++ it opens in command prompt all the time with anything. Ive seen applications in C++ in a fully user friendly format like a VB app.. WTH is it always opening in cmd?

help is mre than appreciated
thanks

That's what that program was designed to do.
build an interface for it!
What exactly is your question?

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Originally Posted by bobdabilder

That's what that program was designed to do.
build an interface for it!
What exactly is your question?

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He wants to know how to give it a window and such, instead of the black monolith we know as the command window.

I won't show you how to create a window, there's tons and tons of tutorials out there for that. Just google "CreateWindow C++ Example" or something.

BUT: For getting rid of the command window, all you have to do is use WinMain instead of main. It looks like this:

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow);

Where:
hInstance: A handle to the program this function's in.
hPrevInstance: A handle to the last copy of this program that was opened.
lpCmdLine: The command line that was called with the program. For example, if the program was called like typing "C:\Program.Exe /1", "/1" would be the command line.
nCmdShow: This is a 'suggestion' of sorts from windows as to how the programs primary window should be opened, as in maximized, minimized, whatever.

building a windows form application is easy in vs2005 etc. or you can go the api route.

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Originally Posted by bobdabilder

building a windows form application is easy in vs2005 etc. or you can go the api route.

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I hate having the program do anything behind my back, tis why I switched to C++. API all the way, babeh.