The simplest Program, but an erro , need help

Hello all,

havent been able to resolve this problem, QUite simple actually,

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                    HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                    LPSTR    lpCmdLine,
                    int      nCmdShow)
{
       
        MessageBox(NULL, "\tHello World!", "My first windows app", NULL);
        return 0;
}

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The error reported on my Borland C++ compiler is "DEclaration SYntax error"

No clue as to how it coudl be wrong,
replies eagerly awaited

Regards
Kevin

Hazarding a guess, change "APIENTRY" to "WINAPI". Also, change the NULL at the end of your MessageBox call to 0.

It might also be possible that your version of the Borland compiler doesn't support Windows programming. Which version is it?

the last 'NULL' param should be 'MB_OK' or other defined to use here; maybe an '(int)NULL' will work but I'm not sure about that.
Niara

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maybe an '(int)NULL' will work but I'm not sure about that.

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I don't think so.

Which version of Borland C++ do you have? 5.5?

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Hazarding a guess, change "APIENTRY" to "WINAPI".

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APIENTRY is defined as WINAPI. They are both just fancy ways of saying __stdcall.

that should work:

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                    HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                    LPSTR    lpCmdLine,
                    int      nCmdShow)
{
       
        MessageBox(NULL, "\tHello World!", "My first windows app", (UINT)NULL);
        return 0;
}

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Niara

thanx for the prompt replies, tried everything suggested, none worked, not a problem with compiler as was able to develop other applicatiosn with it, ( a program to indicate memory available) , so it is not with the compiler,

the program that Niara suggested doesn't seem to work, neither do any of the changes suggested, all combinations have been made and tried.

Well sometimes the simplest of things bewilder us,
Looking forward to more replies

kevin

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
int __stdcall WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                    HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                    LPSTR    lpCmdLine,
                    int      nCmdShow)
{
       
        MessageBox(NULL, _T("Hello World!"), _T("My first windows app"), MB_OK);
        return 0;
}

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If that code doesn't work, then you have a problem with your compiler.

> The error reported on my Borland C++ compiler
Of course, we still have no clue as to which version of the compiler you're using.

Maybe use HWND_DESKTOP as the first argument of MessageBox:

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                    HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                    LPSTR    lpCmdLine,
                    int      nCmdShow)
{
       
        MessageBox(HWND_DESKTOP,"Hello","Hello", MB_OK);
        return 0;
}

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