Thread: Error while windows programming in C

hello,
I am reading a book "Let Us C" by Yashwant Kanetkar.
Book For learning C programming.
In that book towards the end, After done with C Programming, It teaches a lil bit of windows and linux programming.

In windows programming , it started with this code and advised to compile it and see the output before starting to learn about it . (in visual c++ 6.0 standard edition)
The code is :

Code:

#include <windows.h>


int_stdcall WinMain ( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpszCmdline, int nCmdShow)
{
MessageBox (0,"Hello!","Title",0);
return 0;
}

But it gives 3 errors , VC++ doesnt point out those errors , can you help me with it?
Also, suggest me something else better than vc++ for win32 aplication building.

My apologies,
I didnt knew there was a scroll bar in there so didnt try to .
The error is :

Code:

Sample.c
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\sample\sample.c(4) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'WinMain'
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\sample\sample.c(4) : error C2059: syntax error : ';'
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\sample\sample.c(4) : error C2059: syntax error : 'type'
Error executing cl.exe.


Sample.exe - 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)

Still gives the same error, With int stdcall.

The author have mentioned that the stdcall is there besides the int , to notify the compiler the way ( right to left , or left to right) the parameters are to be passes to the stack and also who will clear the stack , the calling function or the called function. If i wud remove stdcall then will the compiler get confused??

Still, tried without stdcall besides the int ,
The following error and a warning occurs,

Code:

Sample.c
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\Sample\Sample.c(5) : warning C4007: 'WinMain' : must be '__stdcall'
Linking...
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "Debug/Sample.exe"
Error executing link.exe.

It says winmain must be _stdcall