#include <windows.h>
LRESULT CALLBACK fnMessageProcessor (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARMA);
int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINTANCE hPrevInstance,
PSTR szCommandLine, int iCommandShow)
{
....
}
Errors + Syntax Q's
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I''m starting Windows programming in c++ and I have a few questions. I tried to compile some sample code from my book and it''s giving me some erros.
there are about a billion ways to declare WinMain
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
return 0;
}
return type expected means it wants to see a return type somewhere.
the APIENTRY or PASCAL or CALLBACK all set how parameters are pushed on the stack.
quote:Original post by Tac-Tics
Also, why does the code implement that kind of syntax (like "int WINAPI WinMain").
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>> return type expected means it wants to see a return type somewhere
Obviously, but aren''t LRESULT and int both the return types it''s asking for?
I also tried your example:
#include <windows.h>
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
return 0;
}
and it''s now giving me an error: "unresolved external ''_main'' referenced from...."
I''ve seen this error a few times and I don''t know what it means.
Why can''t they make this as easy as it is in Java =-(
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Obviously, but aren''t LRESULT and int both the return types it''s asking for?
I also tried your example:
#include <windows.h>
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
return 0;
}
and it''s now giving me an error: "unresolved external ''_main'' referenced from...."
I''ve seen this error a few times and I don''t know what it means.
Why can''t they make this as easy as it is in Java =-(
"I''''m not evil... I just use the power of good in evil ways."
@Tac-Tics
Have you chosen the right application for your programm?
(i think wou need win32-app not win32-console-app)
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Have you chosen the right application for your programm?
(i think wou need win32-app not win32-console-app)
The Wild Wild West - Desperado!
When you created your project you chose console app, which means your compiler is looking for main(), and since this is a windows app, it''s not finding it, and is complaining appropriately.
Recreate your project/workspace and be careful to chose win32 app, not console. it will compile fine then.
Recreate your project/workspace and be careful to chose win32 app, not console. it will compile fine then.
In the declaration of fnMessageProcessor you misspelled LPARAM, and in the declaration of WinMain you misspelled HINSTANCE. This probably confuses the parser (though you should have received other errors as well, complaining about the unknown names).
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Hrmm... I don''t know where that misspelling came in (I really hate the MS abbriviations for everything >=-( I think I tried compiling it correctly spelled at one point. It''s still giving me the _main reference error.
As for WildWest and AbsoluteDew, I thought I wrote this, but I''m using Borland''s C++ compiler and a text editor called Textpad. I at no point got to decide to make it a console app or a window app =-|
"I''''m not evil... I just use the power of good in evil ways."
As for WildWest and AbsoluteDew, I thought I wrote this, but I''m using Borland''s C++ compiler and a text editor called Textpad. I at no point got to decide to make it a console app or a window app =-|
"I''''m not evil... I just use the power of good in evil ways."
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