Q: Can anyone tell me the steps to convert a C   Program into an application?

I suspect there is more to this question than meets the eye.

To build your application, use the Product -> Build menu

What am I missing?

Hello fcoulombe,

I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but people spend years learning how to do this.

1) Get a university degree in computer science or maybe try one of those "boot camps"

2) Get hired by someone who will pay you to write code for them while you learn, or maybe continue your education from 1) on your own

3) The rest is an exercise for the reader

Does the C++ program compile when you click the build button?

1) Click to build the executable

If you are looking for the executable file from XCode locate the folder by right clicking on the executable in the product folder (see (2), above).  You should see a contextual menu:

If you select "Show in Finder" XCode will open the enclosing folder, then you can copy the executable out as needed.

to run the executable you should probably launch it from a terminal window (I'm assuming you are building a command line tool and not an Objective-C++ guy application)

Also take a look at compiling a c++ file on the command line using this example:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4073289/compiling-simple-hello-world-program- on-os-x-via-command-line

Create an interface using Xcode and then call your C++ application from the interface functions.