| After Typing Your Source Code 
          
            
              | 
               | Refer to your 
              tri-fold brochure,Microsoft Visual C++
 Quick Reference Guide,
 as you read  through this page
 for the first time
 |  
Once you have typed your source code, it is time to save your work and see if
your program works properly.  
          
          
            
              | 1. 
                Pull down FILE menu, select SAVE | -
                or use the save icon | 
                 |  
              | 2. 
                Pull down BUILD menu, select BUILD project.exe
 | -
                or press F7, or choose the build icon | 
                 |    3. 
     If an error message occurs, double click on the error message to get
     an arrow pointing to the spot in the program source code that caused the
     error. 
      
      
        
          | 4.  Pull down the BUILD menu and
            select EXECUTE project.exe
 | - or use execute icon | 
             |    5.  Press ALT and ENTER
    to see your display in a full black screen.    6.  Press
    any key to close the black screen.  Do NOT click the mouse
    on the underlying screen to close the black screen.   
     
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