Newbie that wants to run a free standing EXE for fun

[pos_user]

Hey guys,

Do you guys suggest any possible freeware programs, or even not free programs that are easy to use, and will help me create simple exe programs ?

I've heard a lot about python, VB, visual studio 6.0 - which i have, etc.

I'm looking for something that is for a COMPLETE newbie, that will almost guide me through the process of just making a simple exe file to see if I can do it.

Basically an exe that runs and says, "temp files are now being deleted" click ok to continue...etc.

Something simple like that, I just want to see if it's something I'd be interested in. I did a few searches and a lot of the freeware programs for programming cant create stand alone exes.

will visual studio 6.0 do it for me? and it is a hard language to learn ? VB i mean?

Please, any direction or help would be great. thanks.

[outlaw2001it]

Hello,
You can make a Dos Batch file in notepad, for something simple like clean the Prefetch Folder, or delete files in a directory...etc. This is an example:
1. Open notepad and type or copy paste: del c:\windows\prefetch\*.* /Q
What you are doing is telling the computer to delete the stuff that has been accumulating in the prefetch folder of Windows (program installations...etc).
del - delete
c:\windows\prefetch - this is the directory you want to go to
*.* - meaning tag all files
/q - means to do it quietly, don't prompt or ask for confirmation.
2. Save the File As: Clean Prefetch.exe
3. In the Save File Box change the extension from txt documents to
all files
4. Press Save
This is just an idea of how easy it is. For the list of commands that are available you can go here http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html. I hoped that this helped. Take Care.

[pos_user]

Thanks for the help. Any information on small writing language to make EXE's out of the same thing or same idea?

Quote:

Originally Posted by outlaw2001it

Hello,
You can make a Dos Batch file in notepad, for something simple like clean the Prefetch Folder, or delete files in a directory...etc. This is an example:
1. Open notepad and type or copy paste: del c:\windows\prefetch\*.* /Q
What you are doing is telling the computer to delete the stuff that has been accumulating in the prefetch folder of Windows (program installations...etc).
del - delete
c:\windows\prefetch - this is the directory you want to go to
*.* - meaning tag all files
/q - means to do it quietly, don't prompt or ask for confirmation.
2. Save the File As: Clean Prefetch.exe
3. In the Save File Box change the extension from txt documents to
all files
4. Press Save
This is just an idea of how easy it is. For the list of commands that are available you can go here http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html. I hoped that this helped. Take Care.

[qx9r7man]

Try grabbing a copy of whatever language you want -for dummies. They are great books, but the beginning of the book will most likely be dedicated to understanding how a program works. For me, that part is a waste of words, but if you're just starting in programming, read throughly.

Try the library first, most will have some technical books.

[Rootstonian]

Console applications in C++ are easy to do in VS Studio....assuming you know how to program in C++

#include <iostream>
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	int random_integer;

	cout << "2 Random Numbers from 1 to 600" << endl;
	srand(static_cast<unsigned>(time(0)));

	for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
		random_integer = 1 + (rand()%600);	
		cout << random_integer << endl;
	}

	system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

[Iturea]

It would be useful to have an IDE to create your executable.

You can download some free ones here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx

Have fun!

[sr71000]

I recommend c#. I use it almost exclusively for the work i do right now. You can get everything you need for free from microsoft and it compiles to .net code so it can run on any windows machine with .net . If you're interested in learning I'd be happy to work with you. Start off really easy and go from there! I love to teach....to be honest some day I'd love to be a professor.....hehehe. It's a great language because it's very easy to begin with, includes sooo many new features to programming languages....has a wonderful ide to develop in for free!!! and when you're ready to start taking more control, you have the ability. If you're seriously 100% interested im me on aim. i'm sr71000 just like here on the forum. I'm not gonna do it for you...and i'm not gonna sit down and spoon feed it to you...it'll be work....but if you really wanna learn I think it's a good language and i know it well enough to help you along the way It's also a lot of fun to finish a project and go HOLY SHIT I DID THAT!!!!1111 lol