Would someone who is familiar with this code, and who uses a current development system (Visual Studio 2012), please provide directions on how to use the code.

I've seen several questions of this nature, that have been satisfied by installing old mvc1, but is that the best one can do?

Would it be so hard to write a current version of the code?

Is it possible to actually modify the code, so it would run under current development context?

If there are a few specific corrections, and you could explain what to do, that would be great.

Currently, of course I am blocked by the message "A project with an Output Type of Class Library cannot be started directly. In order to debug this project, add an executable project to this solution which references the library project. Set the executable project as the startup project."

Sounds so easy, so, I try to add an executable project. But what is that? I right click the project, add item, but there are no executable projects it seems.

Can someone who understands what this direction (add an executable project) means, please provide the steps required in order to change the first chapter of code?