Creating a Project

Before you can begin writing in code, you must create a new workspace and project. To do so, go to the File menu and select New. You should be presented with a dialog window that looks like this:

New Dialog Window

When presented with the new dialog window, make sure that the Projects tab is selected.
Select Win32 Console Application item in the list of project types.
Type in the Project Name textfield: Hello
Type in the Location textfield the directory in which you want to store your code files. For Lab use, choose the location C:\Student
Precede by clicking the "OK" button from the New project dialog window.

Now you will be presented with the project creation wizard “Win32 Console Application” dialog window:

Win32 Console Application

Select an empty project and click Finish.
After clicking the Finish button from the “Win32 Console Application” dialog window a New Project Information window will simply explain no files were automatically generated.

Now click the "OK" Button.

You should now see a screen that looks similar to this:

Hello Project

Now you are ready to start writing code.