Setting up template.cpp

• If you do not have a copy of template.cpp in your homes directory,

  • go to Moodle -> your lab section -> resources -> and select the file template.cpp.
  • When the file window comes up. right click on the text and
  • in the popup menu, click select all in the selected(highlighted area) text,
  • right click again and select copy.
  • open a new source file in Dev-C++ and paste the copied text into this file.
  • Save this file as template.cpp in your homes directory.
    
• Now that you have this,
  • you can (with your mouse)drag a copy of template.cpp to the folder for the project you are creating.
    
  • When you have this file where you want to work, rename it to your project name with a .cpp extension.
    
  • At this point, when you select a file to add to your project, this file should be available