Message-ID: <002b01c0ee8b$f15f66c0$4d7779a5@compaq> From: "Steven Hendrickson" To: Subject: Re: Compiler help Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:23:56 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com If you don't solve this - you can download the DEV-C++ compiler from www.bloodshed.net . It seems to be easier to install and run. You might look into this... Steve wrote in message news:... > i recently received as a gift a Rhide C++ compiler. how ever i cannot get it > to work. i have tried to make a hello world program and the compiler will > not execute the program. it compiles, makes and links,(reporting no > errors). but when i try to run the program it does not run and gives me the > message: Program exit code: -1 (0xffffffff) > > even though it reports no errors, after I "make" i receive the following: > Creating: hello.exe > The error was: Invalid argument (EINVAL) > no errors > > i am including the source code: > > #include > > int main() > { > cout<<"Hello world."; > return 0; > } > > > your help is much appreciated. i have spent endless hours sifting through > faqs and and have not found any help. >