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[Dev-C++] Error: ... undefined reference to `WinMain@16'

[JB M. <jb...@so...>]

Hello,

    while trying to compile a modular project (five parts; two .h, three =
.cpp files) in Dev-C++ 4.0 I get the following error from Compiler and =
linker output:

\DEV-C_~1\Lib\\libmingw32.a(main.o)(.text+0x8e): undefined reference to =
`WinMain@16'


Help?

TIA

J.B.
jb...@so...

Re: [Dev-C++] Error: ... undefined reference to `WinMain@16'

[Vlada D. <dj...@im...>]

It happens to me when I don't define main() function. But, you did =
define it, right?
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: JB Maust=20
  To: dev...@li...=20
  Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 3:56 AM
  Subject: [Dev-C++] Error: ... undefined reference to `WinMain@16'


  Hello,

      while trying to compile a modular project (five parts; two .h, =
three .cpp files) in Dev-C++ 4.0 I get the following error from Compiler =
and linker output:

  \DEV-C_~1\Lib\\libmingw32.a(main.o)(.text+0x8e): undefined reference =
to `WinMain@16'


  Help?

  TIA

  J.B.
  jb...@so...

Re: [Dev-C++] Error: ... undefined reference to `WinMain@16'

[JB M. <jb...@so...>]

I have learned the problem was due to the author of C++ in 10 Minutes =
not including a module in the book.

main() was in a separate file. After I added the missing module it =
compiled with zero errors. ;-)

Thanx

J.B.

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Vlada Djurovic=20
  To: JB Maust ; dev...@li...=20
  Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:33 AM
  Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Error: ... undefined reference to `WinMain@16'


  It happens to me when I don't define main() function. But, you did =
define it, right?
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: JB Maust=20
    To: dev...@li...=20
    Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 3:56 AM
    Subject: [Dev-C++] Error: ... undefined reference to `WinMain@16'


    Hello,

        while trying to compile a modular project (five parts; two .h, =
three .cpp files) in Dev-C++ 4.0 I get the following error from Compiler =
and linker output:

    \DEV-C_~1\Lib\\libmingw32.a(main.o)(.text+0x8e): undefined reference =
to `WinMain@16'


    Help?

    TIA

    J.B.
    jb...@so...

Re: [Dev-C++] Error: ... undefined reference to `WinMain@16'

[Glen V. <gve...@pa...>]

You should have a main-function in one of your .cpp files. Also see that 
all your files are in the same project.
File->new -> project ->empty project
Project->add to project-> all the files needed

JB Maust wrote:

> Hello,
>  
>     while trying to compile a modular project (five parts; two .h, 
> three .cpp files) in Dev-C++ 4.0 I get the following error from 
> Compiler and linker output:
>  
> \DEV-C_~1\Lib\\libmingw32.a(main.o)(.text+0x8e): undefined reference 
> to `WinMain@16' <mailto:%60WinMain@16%27>
>  
>  
> Help?
>  
> TIA
>  
> J.B.
> jb...@so... <mailto:jb...@so...>
>  

RE: [Dev-C++] Error: ... undefined reference to `WinMain@16'

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

> \DEV-C_~1\Lib\\libmingw32.a(main.o)(.text+0x8e): undefined reference to
`WinMain@16'


Greets, Mister Maust.

Try creating a console program (somewhere in `Project Options'), rather than
a GUI program. Otherwise, wrap main like this (be careful if you're using
console I/O, though):

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
{
    // Parse args if necessary.
    return main();
}
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