[Mingw-users] wingdi.h and w32API GetCurrentObject

[Mark J. S. <mar...@ya...>]

In his excellent tutorial on windows and win32 APIs (found at:
http://mirrors.zoreil.com/webclub.kcom.ne.jp/ma/colinp/win32/test.txt),
the author is using the win32api: GetCurrentObject.
 
Needing to alter the program slightly for windows Eclipse/GCC/MinGW, I
#included the wingdi.h in the program at the top. In this file, found
at my D:\UtilUso\EclipseMinGW\include\ path, a reference is found for
said API: GetCurrentObject.
 
I use the following Set Windows Version code:
#ifdef _MSDEV_WINDOWS
  #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0601
#endif
 
The GCC compiler has no problem in locating wingdi.h. The header file
seems to contain the right info, but when I compile, the following
error message appears:
 
undefined reference to `GetCurrentObject@8'
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My C:\windows\System32 directory has the gdi32.dll 11/20/2010  08:19 AM, 304,640 bytes,
and the:
gdiplus.dll 01/30/2010  02:13 AM, 1,645,320 bytes files contained in it (I think these are the
right ones).
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What am I doing wrong?
 
I am running Eclipse with default compiler options. Is there an option
that needs to be added to the list?
 
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Using Eclipse for Windows C++ CDT:
C/C++ Development Tools and C/C++ Development Tools SDK
Both are version: 8.0.2.201202111925
and MINGW from mingw-get-inst-20111118.