How to Start with MS Visual Studio .NET 2003

by Yukong Zhang, Summer 2005

Start up MS Visual Studio .NET 2003. A blank window should be displayed as below

Creating Project

1. Under file menu, click new and then project. The new project dialog box will be displayed as below

1. Select Visual C++ Projects, select Win32 Project in the Templates box, and then type HelloTCC in the name box.
2. Choose a directory for your new project in the Location box.
3. Click OK to start the Win32 Application Wizard

1. Highlight Application Setting just underneath the Overview on the left of the Wizard window. Check Console application and Empty project.
2. Click Finish to create the project

Adding a C++ source file to the project  

1. From Project menu, select the Add New Item to open the Add New item dialog box. Select C++ file(.cpp) from the Templates list on the right.
2. Type hello.cpp in the Name box, and then click open.

Adding existing C++ source files to the project  

1. From Project menu, select the Add Existing Item to open the Add existing item dialog box. Select files.

Building the Executable

Select Build from the Build menu, and then click the Start without debugging to run the program. A console window will be displayed with the output of the program.