Failed to link Hello World!

Question

Guys that are copied from a book (Windows Programming 5th Edition):

#include <windows.h>

int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                    PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
{
     MessageBox (NULL, TEXT ("Hello, Windows 98!"), TEXT ("HelloMsg"), 0) ;

     return 0 ;
}

Link to the topic in which this book is recommended. Unable to compile it with VS2010. What am I doing wrong?

Error   1   error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _WinMainCRTStartup

Thank.

Answer 1

It will depend on how you set up the project. In VS2010, if I create a new project via File-> New-> Project, Visual C ++, Empty Project, then add a new C ++ file and copy your code, it compiles and works just fine.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Make sure you really add the source file to the project. It worked for me.