REALLY annoying Borland C++ bug

[filburt1]

When I run my project using "Ctrl-F9", the output console pops up and instantly closes when my program terminates (i.e., at the return 0). How can I stop it? (Hint: saying "Use VC++" is not the answer )

[crptcblade]

why not put a system("pause") a getchar() or something in at the end?

[filburt1]

I was thinking that they're be an option buried in the pile of options they give you. If I can't find one I'll just use getch() from conio.h.

[crptcblade]

I don't use Borland, so the tricky get-around is the only way I could come up with.

[filburt1]

I tried checking the environment options and didn't find anything obvious.

[filburt1]

Might it be any one of these?

[filburt1]

BTW, the third one didn't do anything.

[jim mcnamara]

         int ch = getche();        <<< - standard ploy - wait for user input
         return 0;

[sail3005]

Originally posted by filburt1
Might it be any one of these?

is that the c++ builder 5.5?

[filburt1]

5.02

[sail3005]

oh. yeah. i bought it a while ago, and i like it a lot. the visual editor i don't like that much because it is basically like vb, on;y instead of vbscript, it uses c++

[filburt1]

Yeah, I find Borland's C++ IDE simple to use compared to the monstrosity of VC++.

About the problem...

[sail3005]

what problem?

anyway, i hate the runtimes though

[filburt1]

What runtimes?

[sail3005]

well, if you use the visual editor, you need runtimes to run the program.

[filburt1]

But this is console only.

[sail3005]

oh, i see. i wish it didn't need the runtimes.

are you sure it doesn't need runtimes? because i thought i tried a console app once and it still needed them. try it on an old computer or something.

[filburt1]

I'd install VMware but I don't have the CD with me and I'm not sure that it works in Windows XP.

[abdul]

Does "getchar()" work on Borland C++?

[sail3005]

yeah

[abdul]

Then why not use that function to wait for a key before ending the program?

[sail3005]

becaue filburts different

[Wynd]

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
  cout<<"Hello"<<endl;
  getchar();
  return 0;
}

Try that, it waits for the user to hit Enter.

[Wynd]

Btw, that's not a bug, that's the way it's supposed to be.

[abdul]

Non of them works for me on VC++, so I just use "cin>>" to wait for a key at the end.

[transcendental]

abdul, I thought VC have the "press any key to continue" string before the console app terminate?

Dev C++ does not have so.

[parksie]

VC++ compiles the programs AS YOU WRITE THEM. It only adds the pause at the end when you run it from the IDE (it runs a separate program which spawns yours, then waits for input).

[filburt1]

Originally posted by abdul
Does "getchar()" work on Borland C++?

It worked, but I was hoping that they're be an option or something instead.

[transcendental]

Originally posted by parksie
VC++ compiles the programs AS YOU WRITE THEM. It only adds the pause at the end when you run it from the IDE (it runs a separate program which spawns yours, then waits for input).

oic.

Thank u.