> > > > > > > > > > > > i got MSVC++.NET
> > > > > > > > > > > > it took about hour to install. no, the windows version of 3ds2vxl is not ready yet. i can't find the run button first of all. second of all i clicked on new project and there's already some cpp files in it and i don't remember putting any files in in the project, plus there's a few pages of code in those cpp files and i can't remember typing any code and besides i can't even understand that code so i'm sure i didn't type it. i don't know how to even make the hello world program. any tips?
> > > > > > > > > > > Read the manual and MSDN.
> > > > > > > > > > i swear it's as if you don't want me to work on 3ds2vxl anymore. i thought we were supposed to be a c&c editing community or a team that helped-out one another. the questions i'm asking you are so easy for you. it's not as if i'm asking you about something you've never done yourself before.
> > > > > > > > > I try to learn you to learn things yourself. That'll be convenient in the future when you might have to work alone on a project.
> > > > > > > > Olaf it's "I try to TEACH you to learn things yourself."
> > > > > > > > i already used the help and searched online and got nowhere.
> > > > > > > > don't you think i've already taught myself an awful lot?
> > > > > > > > besides, most programmers hang out in programmer gangs and help each other and pass the knowledge down. i just happen to not have any friends that know programming.
> > > > > > > > i swear i think miscrosoft is doing this deliberately. they are filling the help and the internet with crap coz they want people to contact them directly for help coz then they can charge them for it.
> > > > > > > ok i figured out how to get the things to run. you need to use the start button. some guy online has been helping me, so far he made it so i can change the graphic mode my computer is set to but we can't get it to switch to fullscreen mode.
> > > > > > Are you using DirectX?
> > > > > i have no idea.
> > > > HEADLINE NEWS!!! 3ds2vxl makes a breakthrough!!! i can now get printf working! what? what?? ok fine i know that's pathetic. so anyway the "breakthrough" happened when some other guy helped me and told me to add this:
> > > > AllocConsole();freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
> > > > got no idea why i have to put this code but anyway printf works now but we couldn't get cout to work. ok on to the next helper. hmm i hope i don't have to keep doing this with every line of my original program i try to use.
> > > Strange, VC++ doesn't need that:
> > > #include <ctime>
> > > #include <iostream>
> > > using namespace std;
> > > const string pw_chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
> > > int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> > > {
> > > srand(time(NULL));
> > > for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
> > > cout << pw_chars[rand() % pw_chars.length()];
> > > cout << endl;
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > hey cout works now!!! except all i had to do was remove the h from iostream.h (why the hell did they do that) and add that using namespace std line (what the hell does that do). ok anyway thanks Olaf. ok now how do i switch to fullscreen? please just give me what i need and no more.
> You probably just resize your window.
no i doubt very much it's by giving the size. there's some keyword somewhere to switch it on. Olaf you should use that for your video playing part of your program to make sure everything around the movie is totally black. you do play movie files right?