ImportC issue?

[bachmeier]

On Wednesday, 19 April 2023 at 13:11:45 UTC, DLearner wrote:
> On Wednesday, 19 April 2023 at 12:09:44 UTC, Richard (Rikki) 
> Andrew Cattermole wrote:
>> On 20/04/2023 12:07 AM, DLearner wrote:
>>> Error: C preprocess command sppn.exe failed for file ex01.c, 
>>> exit status 1
>>
>> Did you verify that sppn is accessible in that shell?
>>
>> As in run it, can it be found?
>>
>> If not its just a PATH variable issue.
>
> SPPN.exe not visible from that command prompt, but neither 
> (using File Explorer) anywhere on the C: drive (lots of 
> SPPNP.DLL's, in various Windows locations).
>
> If SPPN.exe essential to a component of DMD, was it not 
> downloaded with it (and PATH modified to point to it), by the 
> installer?

My understanding (from my occasional use of Windows) is that DMD 
installs the Community Edition of Visual Studio. That should 
solve your original issue, and you shouldn't need to mess with 
sppn.exe.