Visual studio 2010 exiting after program ends

Question

I\'m trying out Visual studio 2010 by compiling a C program. After it displays the solution in the \"DOS\" command window, the window is immediately closed. In Visual studio 200

Answer 1

You can add this function and call it right before returning from main():

void keep_window_open()
{
    // clear buffer
    fflush(stdin);
    printf("Please enter a character to exit\n");
    char ch;
    ch = getchar();
    return;
}

I adapted it from a C++ version in a utility header file at Bjarne Stroustrup's site: http://www.stroustrup.com/Programming/std_lib_facilities.h

Answer 2

If you start your application without debugger ("Start without debugging"), the console window will remain open until you press a key.