[Dev-C++] WinMain()

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

It's time for me to ask a question. I have been learning .NET lately and =
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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
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
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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