18 Touring the Essential Code::Blocks Features

Figure 1-6:
Code::Blocks
provides a
tips dialog
box that
contains
helpful
information.

Select either of the Yes options in this list. It’s possible to associate
Code::Blocks with other source code types, but for the purposes of this
book, you only need to associate it with C++ files. Click OK to complete the
action. At this point, you see the IDE.

To make your changes permanent, choose File➪Quit. The IDE will display a
message similar to the one shown in Figure 1-7. What this message is saying
is that you’ve made changes to the Code::Blocks configuration. Click Yes to
save the changes.

Figure 1-7:
Save your
changes to
disk.

Windows users may experience a problem at this point. If you install

Code::Blocks in the C:\Program Files folder and don’t have Administrator
access (or if you simply opened the application as a regular user), you may
find that you can’t save any Code::Blocks settings, making using Code::Blocks
an annoying experience. To use Code::Blocks without problems, make sure