Thread: Basic Window application Help

I basically just want to create a window.. however I keep getting a, " Error: Unresolved external '_main' referenced from C:\BORLAND\BCC55\LIB\C0X32.OBJ " error.. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.. any advice would be much appreciated

Code:

 #include<windows.h>

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWindow, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
{
    static TCHAR    szAppName[]=TEXT("Skeleton");
    WNDCLASSEX        wndclass;
    HWND            hWindow;
    MSG                msg;

    wndclass.cbSize            = sizeof(wndclass);
    wndclass.style            = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
    wndclass.lpfnWndProc    = WndProc;
    wndclass.cbClsExtra        = 0;
    wndclass.cbWndExtra        = 0;
    wndclass.hInstance        = hInstance;
    wndclass.hIcon            = NULL; 
    wndclass.hIconSm        = NULL; 
    wndclass.hCursor        = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wndclass.hbrBackground    = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 1);
    wndclass.lpszMenuName    = NULL;
    wndclass.lpszClassName    = szAppName;

    if(!RegisterClassEx(&wndclass))
        return 0;

    hWindow = CreateWindow(szAppName, szAppName, WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 
                           CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

    ShowWindow(hWindow, iCmdShow);
    UpdateWindow(hWindow);

    while(GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
    {
        TranslateMessage(&msg);
        DispatchMessage (&msg);
    }
    return (int)msg.wParam;
 
}

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWindow, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    HDC                hDC;
    PAINTSTRUCT        ps;
    RECT            rect;

    switch(msg)
    {
        case WM_PAINT:

            hDC = BeginPaint(hWindow, &ps);
            GetClientRect(hWindow, &rect);
            DrawText(hDC, TEXT("This is a noob skeleton application!"), -1, &rect,
                     DT_SINGLELINE | DT_CENTER | DT_VCENTER);
            EndPaint(hWindow, &ps);
            return 0;

        case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage(0);
            return 0;

    }
    return DefWindowProc(hWindow, msg, wParam, lParam);

}

Well I don't have Borland, but here's what I think might be your problem: in a normal console application, main() is the function that gets executed. In a win32 api program, the function the OS calls is WinMain(). Since you get an error that there is no main(), the compiler probably thinks you're making a normal console app. So you should let it know it has to compile your code as a win32 program. In Dev-C++ for example, I go to Project -> Project options and there I can change the project type from "Win32 Console" to "Win32 GUI"

[edit]
I googled and found this, which is what I described above. Hope that takes care of your problem
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Wow.. That was a great find Snip.. I simply used the -W switch when compiling my windows application