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Re: [Dev-C++] WinMain@16 linker error, help needed

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

WinMain error? you need a winmain function, the entry point to your program, 
do you have that?

WinMain parameters are ifferent I think.

>From: NBarnes <nw_...@ya...>
>To: dev...@li...
>Subject: [Dev-C++] WinMain@16 linker error, help needed
>Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:01:12 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>  Hello, all,
>
>  I am having some trouble getting Dev-C++ working to compile my current
>project.  The compile goes fine, but I get one linker error that reads:
>
>C:/DEV-CPP/lib/libmingw32.a(main.o)(.text+0x7f):main.c: undefined
>reference to `WinMain@16'
>
>  There are several references to errors like this one that I've found
>through Google, including several useful looking ones at:
>
>  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC92
>  http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-01/msg00612.html
>  http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/faq.html#winmain
>  http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/1999-05/msg00352.html
>
>  However, none of these links quite speak to my problem.  Several
>refer to adding a main() function to my program, but I already have a
>int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {} function, and adding a int main()
>function doesn't seem to help.
>
>  One of the other major solutions involves tweaking one's linker
>command line options.  How does one do this in Dev-C++ 4.9.7.8?  The
>screenshot shown in the help file for the Project Options box does not
>correspond to what I see in 4.9.7.8, as my version doesn't have an
>text box where I can change the linker options.
>
>  In short, I'm confused and could use some help.  Thanks to anybody
>that can take a few minutes to give me a hand.
>
>                                                          NBarnes
>
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Re: [Dev-C++] WinMain@16 linker error, help needed

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

I'm reposting this to the list as I'm unsure...does it compile when not 
going for win32 ?



>From: NBarnes <nw_...@ya...>
>To: Daniel Glenfield <sp...@ho...>
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] WinMain@16 linker error, help needed
>Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 03:56:07 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Daniel Glenfield <sp...@ho...> wrote:
>
> > WinMain error? you need a winmain function, the entry point to your
> > program, do you have that?
> >
> > WinMain parameters are ifferent I think.
>
>  According to the documentation for Simple DirectMedia Layer, which
>I'm using, to maintain platform independance, the use of main() is
>preserved, with SDL calling WinMain behind the scenes if the code is
>compiled for Win32.
>
>  What I've read about this error suggests that it's not related to
>SDL, though, but rather to Cygwyn.  (Which statement, by the way,
>pretty much exhausts my understanding of the problem I'm having.  :/).
>
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