Building a Windows Hello World Console Application

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This "Hello World" console application demonstrates the essential steps for creating a Windows application in Delphi or C++. The application uses Windows, a console window, an event, and will display a dialog in response to a user action.

To create the "Hello world" console application

1. Create a Windows console application.
2. Create the logic.
3. Run the application.

To create a Windows console application

1. Choose File > New > Other... .The New Items dialog box appears.
2. In the New Items dialog box, select either Delphi or C++Builder and then double-click Console Application.
3. For C++, in the New Console Application dialog box, make sure that VCL Forms and Multi-threaded are unchecked, and Console application is checked. Then click OK.

To associate code with the console window

1. In the code template that is displayed in the Code Editor:
   • For Delphi, enter the following statements after the try keyword and before the except keyword:

   Writeln('Hello, World!');

   Readln;

   • For C++, enter the following after #pragma hdrstop:

   #include <iostream>

2. For C++, enter the following code after the opening brace ({):.

   std::cout<<"Hello, World!"<<std::endl;

   std::cin.ignore();

3. Save the application.

To run the "Hello World" application

1. Choose Run > Run .The application compiles and displays a console window with your "Hello World" message.
2. Press the ENTER key. The console window closes when the program terminates.

See Also

• Windows Overview
• Developing a Windows Application
• Building Application Menus