Problems Working with SDL

I set up SDL on my PC to work with VC++ 2008 Express, and everything appeared to be going smoothly. Then I began writing my program, and at the first build got these errors:

SDLmain.lib(SDL_win32_main.obj) : error LNK2005: _main already defined in Bum.obj
SDLmain.lib(SDL_win32_main.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _SDL_main referenced in function _main

for reference here is main():

Code:

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) 
{
	SDL Instance;
	Instance.Init();
	return 0;
}

Thanks in advance!

have you included the sdl header? when you say everything was going fine do you mean you just added linker paths etc? the code you showed sdl wise looks a little odd, really the best beginner reference is the oft quoted lazy foo page, i suggest you have a look there.

If you're using C++ you might want to check out SFML instead of using SDL.

Did you link with -lSDLmain -lSDL or whatnot?

in the first error it gives you a new path. maybe try changing the name of your program or try running the "bum.obj"

try writing int _main(arguments here)


I didn't try it but i hope it will work...

Originally Posted by rogster001

have you included the sdl header?

No, it appears I forgot that small detail. Actually, I didn't know I had to include it in that file since I didn't call any SDL functions...anyway, it's working now. Thanks!