Using Microsoft’s VC 7 (.NET) Compiler and Making a New Program

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Version 7 (.NET) is designed to make state of the art Windows and .NET applications. Microsoft provides one and only one way to emulate an older DOS C++ program, a Win32 Console Application. Even this form of program is really a full-fledged Windows application, but can appear as if it were an ordinary C++ DOS program. This Appendix explains how to create and work with a DOS Console Application.