Thread: (VC6 -> VC++ 2005 Express)WinMain overload error

Hello everyone. I have a specific problem relating to Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition.

I wrote some code in Visual C++ 6.0 and it runs perfectly fine, but I recently downloaded Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express + Windows Platform SDK 2003 R2. I have set it up correctly following the setup guidelines at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...k/default.aspx

Yet, when I create a new Empty Win32 App in 2005 Express and just use my code that I wrote in VC6 I get errors for which I do not know how to fix. Here they are:

error C2731: 'WinMain' : function cannot be overloaded
see declaration of 'WinMain'

Code:

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPTSTR cmdLine, int cmdShow);

error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'const char [16]' to 'LPCWSTR'

Code:

windowClassEx.lpszClassName = "Card Games Main";

error C2664: 'LoadBitmapW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [11]' to 'LPCWSTR'

Code:

cardsBmp = LoadBitmap(instance, "deck_cards");

So whats the deal, eh? Has the entry WinMain function changed? Am I writing it improperly?

Also, why does it complain about my strings? I've tried casting them to (LPCWSTR), but that didn't work. Any ideas to my problems?

Thank you very much JaWiB!! After reading your post I did a google on UNICODE & VC++ 2005 and came up with this URL: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/sho...15916&siteid=1

That explained how to disable UNICODE character set and now everything is working great.