visual studio problem

[echy]

so i open up a new visual studio, and just save it as normal, i dont do anything

then i save it as a .exe

and i get "this program cant run on this pc" message

 

im trying to build a .exe and im a noob

why do i get this error message

[dany_boy]

What do you mean "as normal"? are you compiling and building the solution?

[echy]

Just now, dany_boy said:

What do you mean "as normal"? are you compiling and building the solution?

i opened vidual studio

started a new windows application

then i didnt do anything / didnt write code 

and i saved it as a .exe 

tried to open it 

then i got the error message that it cant run

[dany_boy]

2 minutes ago, echy said:

i opened vidual studio

started a new windows application

then i didnt do anything / didnt write code 

and i saved it as a .exe 

tried to open it 

then i got the error message that it cant run

What do you mean you saved it as a .exe? You need to compile/build the entire solution, VS will take care of the rest and you will get the .exe file on:

/documents/Visual Studio 201x/projects/"project name"/bin/debug. If you try to just "save as .exe" you are not compiling anything! and worst of all you are leaving all the assembly and resources out!

[echy]

5 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

What do you mean you saved it as a .exe? You need to compile/build the entire solution, VS will take care of the rest and you will get the .exe file on:

/documents/Visual Studio 201x/projects/"project name"/bin/debug. If you try to just "save as .exe" you are not compiling anything! and worst of all you are leaving all the assembly and resources out!

how does someone create a program like this?

[christianled59]

11 minutes ago, echy said:

i opened vidual studio

started a new windows application

then i didnt do anything / didnt write code 

and i saved it as a .exe 

tried to open it 

then i got the error message that it cant run

Why would you even be wanting to do that? You start a new application with zero code or anything? So its nothing even if you did compile everything.

[christianled59]

1 minute ago, echy said:

how does someone create a program like this?

Is this a troll?

[dany_boy]

4 minutes ago, echy said:

how does someone create a program like this?

By compiling/building the project

 

[echy]

3 minutes ago, christianled59 said:

Is this a troll?

no i really want to learn

[christianled59]

Just now, echy said:

no i really want to learn

Well, you won't be making a program like that right off the bat. 

 

Do you even know any programming languages? You can't just open visual studio and "save as .exe" and expect it to be an application...

[dany_boy]

2 minutes ago, echy said:

no i really want to learn

gimme 5 mins

 

more like 15 actually

Edited March 31, 2017 by dany_boy

[echy]

Just now, dany_boy said:

gimme 5 mins

 

ok

[echy]

1 minute ago, christianled59 said:

Well, you won't be making a program like that right off the bat. 

 

Do you even know any programming languages? You can't just open visual studio and "save as .exe" and expect it to be an application...

i just inferred that it would at least open

and just be blank or something like that 

[echy]

5 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

gimme 5 mins

 

more like 15 actually

ok ill wait 

[christianled59]

4 minutes ago, echy said:

i just inferred that it would at least open

and just be blank or something like that 

Well no. It's not like a word document. Again, what do you know? Any languages at all? If not I suggest you start with something simple. Codecademy is a good website to start.

[echy]

1 minute ago, christianled59 said:

Well no. It's not like a word document. Again, what do you know? Any languages at all? If not I suggest you start with something simple. Codecademy is a good website to start.

i know some html css sql

some java... uh..

some.. assembly...

i think i know more i just forgot

 

i dont really code as often right now

but im getting back into it

im more of a self learner jumping here and there

 

[dany_boy]

Here it is shown (in craptastic quality), how you do it. Here I do it for C#, but its the same for any language. I need to go to sleep (I have exams tomorrow), but ill answer any questions as soon as I can.

2017-03-30 22-19-34.mp4

Cheers!

[echy]

3 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

Here it is shown (in craptastic quality), how you do it. Here I do it for C#, but its the same for any language. I need to go to sleep (I have exams tomorrow), but ill answer any questions as soon as I can.

2017-03-30 22-19-34.mp4

Cheers!

thank you!! its exactly what i was looking for

[dany_boy]

Use F7 to look at the code BTW, shift + F7 to go back to the designer

[madknight3]

I recommend starting with this free video course for getting started with C# and .NET - Microsoft Virtual Academy: C# For Absolute Beginners

 

edit: I just saw the C++ tag.

 

For that they have this free course - Microsoft Virtual Academy: C++: A General Purpose Language and Library Jump Start

 

However it doesn't seem to be recommend for beginners so another option is to use Pluralsight (get three free months with the Visual Studio Dev Essentials program) and check out their C++ path. Side note: You should be able to follow these older tutorials with the new tool versions (like the latest version of Visual Studio instead of the older version they might be using).