When I add the system("PAUSE") function to my programs it does not compile
properly.

ex:

main()
{
cout << "this is line 1\n";
system("PAUSE");
cout << "this is line 2\n";
return 0;
}

displays

press any key to continue

<any key>

this is line 1
this is line 2

I happen to be programming some dos apps and this is a BIG problem for me...

PS: the same code builds correctly with DJGPP

thanks
dungeonmaster@snet.net

Try cout.flush() after the output statement.

"Steve & Denise De Chellis" <dbouton@snet.net> wrote in message news:a031bi$m02$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> When I add the system("PAUSE") function to my programs it does not compile
> properly.
>
> ex:
>
> main()
> {
> cout << "this is line 1\n";
> system("PAUSE");
> cout << "this is line 2\n";
> return 0;
> }
>
> displays
>
> press any key to continue
>
> <any key>
>
> this is line 1
> this is line 2
>
> I happen to be programming some dos apps and this is a BIG problem for
me...
>
> PS: the same code builds correctly with DJGPP
>
> thanks
> dungeonmaster@snet.net
>
>