Customizing the MS Visual C++ Compiler 

Use

If you use Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 running on Windows NT 4.0, you must change some default settings before you can successfully compile and link applications.

Procedure

  1. Start Microsoft Visual C++
  2. Choose Project à Settings à C/C++
  3. From the Category field, select Code Generation from the drop down menu. The fields displayed on the tab change.
  4. From the Use run-time library drop down, select Debug multithreaded DLL.
  5. Save the changes.

If this is a debug version, you also need to do the following:

  1. Choose Project à Settings à C/C++
  2. From the Category field, select General from the drop down menu. The fields displayed on the tab change.
  3. From the Debug info drop down, select C7 compatible.
  4. Save the changes.