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Compile methods for using IBMs Visual Age C/C++

1. News Group Info
2. Method for GUI
3. Command Line Compile Method

News Group Info

IBM Has set up two special news groups for the ACM contest people to go and get info/ask questions about the IBM Visual Age software. Go to news://news.software.ibm.com/ and subscribe to the ibm.software.vacpp.acm and/or the ibm.software.vajava.acm news groups. There are some neat questions/answers here.

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Latest Method

1. Open IDE
2. Select Create New Project and click OK
3. Click Next
4. Change project name to something else (abc.icc)
5. Change Project Directory to c:\temp\[Project Name goes here] (abc)
6. Click next and say yes to create directory dialog box
7. Make sure Executable(exe) is selected and click Add Target Button
8. Click Next
9. Change Target Name to match (abc.exe)
10. Select Win Console in the Program Type Box
11. Click Ok and then Finish
12. Click Yes for Open a Project Dialog
13. Click Yes for compile and wait patiently
14. Choose Open Or Create File from Project Workbook Menu
15. Name file appropriately (abc.cpp or abc.c)
16. Select Add to Project
17. Make sure Add Source to Target Directive is selected
18. Click Open and then Apply
19. Type in source
20. When finished typing in code
    • Select Save Codestore from Project Workbook Menu
    • Select Build from Project Workbook Menu (to compile)
    • If build was successful, select Run from the Project Workbook Menu

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Command Line

1. call c:\ibmcppw40\bin\setenv.bat
2. vacbld filename.icc

target "hello.exe"
{
 source "hello.C"
}

#include 
int main()
{
 cout << "hello" << endl;
}

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