I am just starting Windows programming. Doing so, I decided to copy this tutorial program from a site and examine it:
Code:
#include <windows.h>
const char *ClsName = "BasicApp";
const char *WndName = "A Simple Window";
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg,
WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
MSG Msg;
HWND hWnd;
WNDCLASSEX WndClsEx;
// Create the application window
WndClsEx.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
WndClsEx.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
WndClsEx.lpfnWndProc = WndProcedure;
WndClsEx.cbClsExtra = 0;
WndClsEx.cbWndExtra = 0;
WndClsEx.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
WndClsEx.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
WndClsEx.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
WndClsEx.lpszMenuName = NULL;
WndClsEx.lpszClassName = ClsName;
WndClsEx.hInstance = hInstance;
WndClsEx.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
// Register the application
RegisterClassEx(&WndClsEx);
// Create the window object
hWnd = CreateWindow(ClsName,
WndName,
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
CW_USEDEFAULT,
CW_USEDEFAULT,
CW_USEDEFAULT,
CW_USEDEFAULT,
NULL,
NULL,
hInstance,
NULL);
// Find out if the window was created
if( !hWnd ) // If the window was not created,
return 0; // stop the application
// Display the window to the user
ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
UpdateWindow(hWnd);
// Decode and treat the messages
// as long as the application is running
while( GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) )
{
TranslateMessage(&Msg);
DispatchMessage(&Msg);
}
return Msg.wParam;
}
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg,
WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(Msg)
{
// If the user wants to close the application
case WM_DESTROY:
// then close it
PostQuitMessage(WM_QUIT);
break;
default:
// Process the left-over messages
return DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam);
}
// If something was not done, let it go
return 0;
}
Anyway, I keep getting this error from my compiler (Borland C++ Compiler 5.5, the free one Borland released.):
Unresolved external '_main' referenced from C:\BORLAND\BCC55\LIB\COX32.OBJ
What is causing this and how can I fix this please?