[Dev-C++] WinMain()

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

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  It's time for me to ask a question. I have been learning .NET lately an=
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a default main() for a managed application tmain() is provided. =0D
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However this tmain() thing runs a console, so my GUI app was in front and=
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console was in the back. My guess is that tmain() is provided in an MS=0D
attempt to make the code as much unportable as possible (vendor lock in).=
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To overcome this problem i saw a WinMain() from a Win32 app and i placed =
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to my code. I modified it until the compiler shuts up. Now i use it in th=
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int __stdcall WinMain() =0D
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Application::Run(new CppForm); =0D
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return 0; =0D
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and i get no warnings. =0D
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I have the following curiosity questions: =0D
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Is this definition of WinMain() Win32 valid? What __stdcall is supposed t=
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do? What are tmain(), _tmain(), in what they differ between each other an=
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how they differ from main()? tmain(), _tmain() are Win32 API functions or=
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not? (=3Dthey are new to .NET). =0D
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Thank you in advance. =0D
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Ioannis Vranos =0D
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