Can standard edition of Visual C++ 6 make a .exe file, that can be saved and act as a program without a compiler? If so, can someone please tell me how. Thanks.

Yes, VC++ Standard is a (non-optimizing) compiler (i.e. produces an .exe), not an interpreter.

How ? Compile your program, then go to the directory where your project is saved, look into the proper subdirectory (usually "Debug" or "Release"), your executable should be there.

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I found the .exe, but when I open it, it opens then closes before I can see what''s on the screen, or if it requires a user to input something, it has the user input whatever and then closes before someone can see what''s on the screen. Any idea how I can fix this?(all of my files are text only and done in dos.)

Thanks.

Console windows (DOS apps) are closed right after they finish. Try adding the getch() statement to wait for a key to be pressed at the end of a program (in conio.h I believe). Then it will close only after the user presses a key.

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Several choices

a)
Don''t double-click them. Open a console window and run them from there

or

b)

Add a call to the getch() function, found in <conio.h> (note, this is a non-portable function call... DOS/Windows only) at the end of main()
If you have calls to exit() in your program, you may want to register getch() with atexit() instead.


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either put a extra read at the end (before the program closes) or use the getch() funtion from conio.h (I''m sure there is other ways - but this is what comes to mind)

You can always run the program from MSVC++ by having the workspace open and pressing CTRL + F5 it will build and run the program and add in the end of the program "Press any key to continue" thingy