Thread: Compiler Error

Hi all....so I'm a C++ noob and I'm trying to test some things I've learned, but am getting a compiler error message I have no clue how to fix.

Here's the error message:

1>MSVCRTD.lib(crtexew.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup
1>P:\C++\Projects\General_Template\Debug\General_T emplate.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

here is the code being compiled in Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition

Code:

// Program1 - A "Sandbox" of sorts
// to practice C++ in 
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

//Prototype Declarations
void WelcomeMessage(void);
void ExitMessage(void);

int main(int nNumberofArgs, char* pszArgs[])
{
	// Display greeting
	void WelcomeMessage(void);
	
	//woo more code goes here
	
	
	// Display Exit Message
	void ExitMessage(void);
	
	system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

void WelcomeMessage(void)
{
	cout << "Welcome, this is my first practical program.\n"
		 << "IDFK what it does quite yet, but we'll see \n"
		 << "Have a jolly good day, man \n"
		 << endl;
	return;
}

void ExitMessage(void)
{
	cout << "Later, dude! \n"
		 << endl;
	return;
}

I appreciate any help.

Cheers

You need to set up your project to make a command line program, not a Windows program.

Between the two of you I figured it out.
Thanks

Originally Posted by hk_mp5kpdw

Not that it really matters that much, but that's a linker error, not a compiler error.

Oh well, that's good to know anyways. I just called it a comp error cause I got it when I built the solution.

Thanks again for the help.