Thread: error after compiling "hello world" win program !

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    C 1337 Meshal's Avatar
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    error after compiling "hello world" win program !

    i don`t know why this error appear !!

    after compiling with Microsoft Visual C++ :

    Code:
    #include <windows.h>
    
    int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                        PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
    {
         MessageBox (NULL, TEXT ("Hello, Windows 98!"), TEXT ("HelloMsg"), 0) ;
    
         return 0 ;
    }
    This error occur :

    Code:
    --------------------Configuration: Cpp1 - Win32 Debug--------------------
    Linking...
    LIBCD.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _main
    Debug/Cpp1.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
    Error executing link.exe.
    
    Cpp1.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)
    my win is XP

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    Hurry Slowly vart's Avatar
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    probably your pproject type is "Win32 Console Application" - it searches for the main()

    If you want to use WinMain - it should be "Win32 Application"
    All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
    – David J. Wheeler

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    thanks it`s work fine to me when i choose
    Windows Application - > win32 empty project ..

    thanks again

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