Jan 06, 2006 Dev-cpp - compiler options I just recently switched to Dev-Cpp 4.9.9.2 and I'm wondering how I can force the compiler to conform to ANSI C and such things. As it is now, it lets me get away with quite a lot of strange things. How to use Dev-C Introduction Dev-C is a full-featured integrated development environment (IDE), which is able to create Windows or DOS-based C/C programs using the Mingw compiler system (included with the package), or the Cygwin compiler.

Dev-C++ is a free IDE for Windows that uses either MinGW or TDM-GCC as underlying compiler.
Originally released by Bloodshed Software, but abandoned in 2006, it has recently been forked by Orwell, including a choice of more recent compilers. It can be downloaded from:
http://orwelldevcpp.blogspot.com

Installation

Run the downloaded executable file, and follow its instructions. The default options are fine.

Support for C++11

By default, support for the most recent version of C++ is not enabled. It shall be explicitly enabled by going to:
Tools -> Compiler Options
Here, select the 'Settings' tab, and within it, the 'Code Generation' tab. There, in 'Language standard (-std)' select 'ISO C++ 11':
Ok that. You are now ready to compile C++11!

Compiling console applications

To compile and run simple console applications such as those used as examples in these tutorials it is enough with opening the file with Dev-C++ and hit F11.
As an example, try:
File -> New -> Source File (or Ctrl+N)
There, write the following:
Then:
File -> Save As... (or Ctrl+Alt+S)
And save it with some file name with a .cpp extension, such as example.cpp.
Now, hitting F11 should compile and run the program.
If you get an error on the type of x, the compiler does not understand the new meaning given to auto since C++11. Please, make sure you downloaded the latest version as linked above, and that you enabled the compiler options to compile C++11 as described above.

Tutorial

You are now ready to begin the language tutorial: click here!.

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cl.exe is a tool that controls the Microsoft C++ (MSVC) C and C++ compilers and linker. cl.exe can be run only on operating systems that support Microsoft Visual Studio for Windows.

Dev C++ Compiler Options

Note

You can start this tool only from a Visual Studio developer command prompt. You cannot start it from a system command prompt or from File Explorer. For more information, see Use the MSVC toolset from the command line.

The compilers produce Common Object File Format (COFF) object (.obj) files. The linker produces executable (.exe) files or dynamic-link libraries (DLLs).

Dev C++ Compiler Setup

Note that all compiler options are case sensitive. You may use either a forward slash (/) or a dash (-) to specify a compiler option.

Microsoft C++ Compiler Options

To compile without linking, use the /c option.

Find a compiler option

To find a particular compiler option, see one of the following lists:

Specify compiler options

The topic for each compiler option discusses how it can be set in the development environment. For information on specifying options outside the development environment, see:

Related build tools

MSVC Linker Options also affect how your program is built.

Compiler Options Dev C++