Thread: why typedef? and not a pointer to function?

hi,
i'm tryinfg to load a function from a dll, this dll haves a function

Code:

void mensaje();

in my client program when i try to load the function why i cant use or define a pointer to that function when retrieving from GetProcAddress()?

ok a little bit more clear:

Code:

//pointer to the function to retrieve
void(* ptrFunc)(void) = NULL;
...
ptrFunc = GetProcAddress(dllLib,"mensaje");
//here compiler generates an error

but if i use typedef everything is fine

Code:

...
typedef void(WINAPI*ptrFunc)();
...
ptrFunc funcion1;
funcion1 = (ptrFunc)GetProcAddress(dllLib,"mensaje");

so why cant use a pointer to the function to handle with the GetProcAdress() return value?
GetProcAdress() returns a pointer to the specified function no?

one more question:
what

Code:

typedef void(WINAPI*ptrFunc)();

means?
im aliassing a pointer to a WINAPI function that returns no value and gets no value? is that what it means?

thanks for any help why i need to define a typedef

please excuse my poor english