Standalone C-code

If you compile as an executable and give that to someone, they won't have access to the source code as that is not even contained within the program.

For instance, compile that simple program.

The only thing anyone will see is the message in the printf statement.

If it is a simple c program the easiest thing to do is once you compile the program in Xcode open the Products folder, select the file shown there (the executable of your code) and right click it and select show in finder.

When the finder window opens drag the file to the Desktop and you will have the executable. Open a Terminal window, cd to the Desktop and run the file.

You can't. The executable is compiled for a specific type of OS system. To compile code to execute on a windows machine you will need to compile on a windows machine.

There are things called cross compilers that are capable of creating executables on one system that run on another but I'm not aware of any for OS X to Windows compilation.

regards

> ... some simple C-code outside of XCode once it compiles and runs? I want to give only the result, or executable, file to someone so they can only see the operation of a C-based program. I don't want them to see the actual code, but its operation.

There is a *huge* difference between "C code" and "executable code". As soon as it is compiled, you cannot 'see' the source anymore -- it's no longer "C code", it has been compiled into "executable" code. That is, as Frank says, extremely OS-specific.

> ... Your solution to my issue will only work if the person has a Mac or UNIX on their computer ...

Not on UNIX. Not even all "Macs" will run your code. Some parts of your code may depend on system libraries that are only available on the actual system you compiled it on. Newer version may be able to work with it, but older versions of OS X (the proper name for what you call "Mac") may not.

The only way to provide your program to Unix-based systems as well as Windows is to provide separately compiled executables. (With the proviso that for those you are also bound by some lower limit of the target OS versions.)

The only way is to "shroud" your source code:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cshroud/

Since your goal is for the target PC audience to “see” the output of the compiled code, use Quicktime screen recording to capture you running the program in a terminal window on OS X. Email the .mp4 video to the PC user and let them view it with Windows Media Player, VLC, etc. No cross-compiler needed.

Why not print to the console, then copy the result as printed in the console and paste into a text file? You can email the the text file or paste the results directly into an email

You can copy the text out of the console (circled in green).