hi,

i am using Digital Mars C++ compiler for my learning purposes.
can anyone tell me how to pause the programs i create after execution? coz they
seem to disappear in WinXP immediately after execution.

like in Blood Shed Dev C++ we can use system("PAUSE");
and in turbo c++ getch();

thanx

-burner out

You need to run them from the command-line.

FYI, if you want to run a command-line program from the shell, you should put it in a batch file, and call a pause function afterwards, as in:

    rem This batch file calls MyProg and then calls MyPause, so that it the
output from MyProg remains visible in the command box
    MyProg
    MyPause

as to what MyPause is, you have two options:

1. Use the Win32 "pause" utility, which waits until a key is pressed.
2. If you want it to pause for a specific time and then disappear without
requiring a key press, you can use the SyPause utility from
http://synesis.com.au/r_systools.html


"Burner" <Burner_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c05u67$1ot3$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> hi,
>
> i am using Digital Mars C++ compiler for my learning purposes.
> can anyone tell me how to pause the programs i create after execution? coz
they
> seem to disappear in WinXP immediately after execution.
>
> like in Blood Shed Dev C++ we can use system("PAUSE");
> and in turbo c++ getch();
>
> thanx
>
> -burner out

Matthew <matthew.hat@stlsoft.dot.org> wrote:
> You need to run them from the command-line.

Much relief that provides when run from the IDDE debugger. The best bet
is still to invoke getchar(), fgetc(stdin), getc(stdin), etc. if running
from the IDDE debugger.


-scooter

"Burner" wrote...

> like in Blood Shed Dev C++ we can use system("PAUSE");
> and in turbo c++ getch();

If you don't mind it being specific to windows, then you could still
use system("PAUSE");
(Part of   #include <cstdlib> )

Otherwise, you can of course write your own pause function kinda thing ...

void pause()
{
    std::cin.clear();
    std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max());   //
Clear whatever's still in the buffer
    std::cout << "Press Enter to continue . . .\n";
    std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(),
'\n');
}