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Getting Started

1. Install the Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition compiler (also called VS 9 Express)
(During installation, consider "unchecking" every option box.)

2. Download a zipped folder called GrafiX 9 Project.zip

3. Open the zipped folder and copy the folder GrafiX 9 Project to the desktop.

4. Open  GrafiX 9 Project and double click GrafiX Project.sln.

5. Close all open panes and select the menu item View -> Solution Explorer.

6. Open nodes within the Solution Explorer pane until you can open main.cpp.

7. Type your program and then run the program with the keystroke control-F5.

See Basic Lessons - Getting Started for an introduction to using GrafiX.

GrafiX Using Other Compilers

Here are project folders for other versions of the Visual Studio compiler.

You are on your own if you use a compiler other than Visual Studio C++.  The files grafix.h and grafix.cpp contain the header file and source code for the GrafiX system, and both may be obtained from the project folders above.  You need to make sure that the source code gets compiled as part of your build and you need to include the header file in any source file that uses the GrafiX commands.  Your compiler installation must support Windows Platform SDK.