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The Dev-C++ Programs

The Dev-C++ installation will place a number of links on your Windows Start menu. The

following links are placed under the Dev-C++ menu option:

• Debugger


• Dev-C++


• Dev-C++ help file


• GDB Debugger help


• License


• ReadMe


• Standard Template Library guide


• Tutorial
  This book is about programming in C, not about using the Dev-C++ development envi-
  ronment. To find out more about each of the above options, you should review the Dev-
  C++ Help files and tutorial. The following sections will, however, show you the basics of
  compiling a C program with Dev-C++.

Start with the Dev-C++ help file rather than the Tutorial if you are inter-

Tip ested in learning more about Dev-C++.

Using Dev-C++

You can use Dev-C++ to create both C and C++ programs. You run the development

environment by selecting Program Files, Dev-C++, Dev-C++. This will launch the Dev-

C++ IDE. When you run the program, you will be placed into the IDE as shown in

Figure G.4.

While Dev-C++ is generally setup to use project files, you can also use it to enter a sin-

gle C source file. A project file is used to create an application that can contain multiple

files. For most of the applications you create in this book, you only need to enter a single

source file at a time.

Customizing Dev-C++ for C Programming

Before learning to enter and run a program, there are a few options you should consider

setting. You only need to set these options once.

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