Help Compiling With Dev-C++

[IAIHMB]

You guys are probably getting sick of me, but I'm back for more help. :P I've already gotten a little bit of help from one user, but I didn't want to bug him, so here goes. I just started getting in to C++, and I am having a problem compiling project from one of my tutorials. The code is:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  cout << "Hello, I am your computer talking." << endl; 
  system("PAUSE");	
  return 0;
}

The error I am getting is:

Line: 2
File: 2 C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\C++ For Dummies Projects\FirstProject\2
unable to run program file.
Message: unable to run program file.

The compilation log is:

Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\C++ For Dummies Projects\FirstProject\Makefile.win"
Executing  make...
make.exe -f "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\C++ For Dummies Projects\FirstProject\Makefile.win" all
Execution terminated

I've checked line 2, that is where the error is suppose to occur, however I am not noticing anything wrong with it. I'm using Dev-C++ 4.9.7.0 if it matters all that much. Any help will be appreciated, thanks again guys.

[Devanshu]

Brings back painful memories from high school. Took it for 3 years and didnt learn a thing. :P

It's been a while since I did C++ so I'm probably way off, but here goes. Isnt iostream supposed to be iostream.h? Also, dont you need add a string library to recognize your cout statement? Again, probably not the reason why it wont compile, but worth a shot.

One more thing, I've found that borland is more user friendly than dev.

[sterno]

At a guess I would say that "PAUSE" is not an executable. It's probably a built-in command in cmd.exe, which would mean that you could use it in .BAT scripts but not in a system() call.

[IAIHMB]

Thanks for the responses so far guys, I am still a newbie to C++ though. The only thing I can pick up out of what you two guys said was to make

#include <iostream>

into

#include <iostream.h>

, and that doesn't seem to solve the problem. As for the Borland suggestion, would that be a fairly simple program to understand, the tutorial I am using does everything in Dev-C++.

[IAIHMB]

Oh guys, ran in to a problem. Borland's C++ Developer is for 6, not .Net, and my tutorial is for .Net, not 6.

[IAIHMB]

Problem solved, I think. Apparently Dev-C++ has a problem with being installed into a directory with spaces, well if you look at my other posts there were alot of spaces. Here is what I posted on bloodshed.net/forum:

After uninstalling, reinstalling into a directory with no spaces, uninstalling and removing application data, and reinstalling in to a directory with no spaces all is good. Thanks guys.