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WIN32 newb
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I am just having a little prob getting the linker working on my first win32 program. It tells me that _main is an unresolved external. Do I need to define a main along with WInMain or is it something else I do not see or know about? Help would be appreciated....
If you are making a Win32 console application, you will need a main(). If you''re making a Win32 application, you need a WinMain(). That''s about it (even if you can select which one to use with pragmas and such).
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thats what I thought, but for some reason it still won''t link up. Is there any headers I need besides windows.h and windowsx.h? Ive been looking through the win32 programming tuts I have found and don''t think that I missed anything. Ive set up the WNDCLASSEX, registered it, called CreateWindowEX() and written my message handler. #includes are windows and windowsx. Anthing missing?
What compiler are you using? Do you have it set to compile a GUI app? You might have it set to compile a console app. Double check to make certain it''s set to compile a GUI app.
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‘But truth's a menace, science a public danger.’ Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
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aha! didn''t realize I might have to do that. ( sorry, I''m a java guy, trying to learn C++ and win32 at the same time). I am looking through my Visual C++ 6.0 pro. Anyone know where to set it to compile a gui app? I will continue looking in the mean time.
i think what you want to do is this:
when you start a new project, select "windows application" instead of "windows console application".
they are completely different.
when you start a new project, select "windows application" instead of "windows console application".
they are completely different.
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yeah, I kinda figured it out... now to migrate what I had been doing to the new project...
Thanks to all who replied.
Thanks to all who replied.
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