Hello, everyone.   I'm Aurura, and I'm a C++ and DigitalMars newbie.  ;8^)

I cannot open the exe.  As soon as I click on it, it flashes on my screen for a half second, then it's gone.  I have no idea why.

I've downloaded the .zip into My Download Files, and created a "DigitalMars" folder in my Program Files for the files to be extracted into.

I use Win98, My computer uses 511MB of RAM and my hard disk space for this OS is approx. 19Gig.

Also, where do I find the tutorial(s) from DigitalMars concerning the compiler?

Thanks,

Aurura

You need to open a console window and run it from there (also known as a
'command prompt').

"Aurura" <aurura@ev1.net> wrote in message news:am39as$ft5$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Hello, everyone.   I'm Aurura, and I'm a C++ and DigitalMars newbie.  ;8^)
>
> I cannot open the exe.  As soon as I click on it, it flashes on my screen
for a
> half second, then it's gone.  I have no idea why.
>
> I've downloaded the .zip into My Download Files, and created a
"DigitalMars"
> folder in my Program Files for the files to be extracted into.
>
> I use Win98, My computer uses 511MB of RAM and my hard disk space for this
OS is
> approx. 19Gig.
>
> Also, where do I find the tutorial(s) from DigitalMars concerning the
compiler?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aurura
>
>

Aurura wrote:
> Hello, everyone.   I'm Aurura, and I'm a C++ and DigitalMars newbie.  ;8^)

Welcome.

> 
> I cannot open the exe.  As soon as I click on it, it flashes on my screen for a
> half second, then it's gone.  I have no idea why.

Because it is a win32 console program. Just like xcopy or move or dir, you must run it from a console window (aka 'Dos Prompt' or 'Command Prompt')

The compiler does nothing without extra "command line arguments". (like xcopy)

> 
> I've downloaded the .zip into My Download Files, and created a "DigitalMars"
> folder in my Program Files for the files to be extracted into.
> 
> I use Win98, My computer uses 511MB of RAM and my hard disk space for this OS is
> approx. 19Gig.
> 
> Also, where do I find the tutorial(s) from DigitalMars concerning the compiler?

Try a google search "c++ tutorial", you get lots of tutorials. Some also explain how to use a command line compiler.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aurura
> 
>