Theatre management final exercise

A historical variant of the C++ theatre console exercise. Each ticket consumes one seat. Loading rejects oversized actor counts before accessing the fixed actor array.

Build and run

Install Visual Studio 2022 or later with the Desktop development with C++ workload, CMake 3.20+ and Python 3.12+ for regression tests. Run from the repository root on Windows:

cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build --config Release
ctest --test-dir build -C Release --output-on-failure
.\build\Release\app.exe

The original Visual Studio solution remains available. The CMake executable is named app; executable location depends on the selected generator. Automated tests use temporary directories for file-based scenarios and verify behavior with bounded subprocess timeouts.

Scope

This is a single-user academic program, without a database, authentication or deployment. It uses Windows/MSVC secure CRT functions. Text-file storage is a trusted local exercise format; interrupted writes and multiple processes are not supported. The maintained .NET successor is PADO TheatreBook.