SDL under windows
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I am using SDL under windows after using it (successfully) under linux. I am trying to port a program to windows. When I try to compile my code everything compiles fine and then I get a linker error saying:
[Linker error] undefined reference to `WinMain@16''
I am using Dev-C++, Mingw32, SDL1.2. The project options in Dev-C++ say Win32 Console. Any help would be appreciated.
-Greg
Just make the project a regular Win32 application, and it should work.
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Do I have to? Can I leave it as a console app? It says somewhere in the sdl doc that you should use a console app and let SDL do it''s init in WinMain that it defines itself. Also, what is the #define for windows? WIN32? _WIN32?
Yes, keep your main() function. As you said, SDL has its own WinMain() that calls your main(). The #define for windows is WIN32.
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This is covered in the SDL Windows FAQ at www.libsdl.org.
Q: I get "Undefined reference to ''WinMain@16''"
A: Under Visual C++, you need to link with SDLmain.lib. Under the gcc build environments including Dev-C++, you need to link with the output of "sdl-config --libs", which is usually: -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -mwindows
Q: I get "Undefined reference to ''WinMain@16''"
A: Under Visual C++, you need to link with SDLmain.lib. Under the gcc build environments including Dev-C++, you need to link with the output of "sdl-config --libs", which is usually: -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -mwindows
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