Linker error when compiling the 'HelloWorld' example

MedievalMagic13 · Post by **MedievalMagic13** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 9:37 am

Hello everybody. I have made a copy from the 'HelloWorld' example from Irrlight onto my harddisk, but now I have these strange errors when compiling:

Irrlight game error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 referenced in function _WinMainCRTStartup

and

Irrlight game fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

The code is exactly the same as in the example from Irrlight, I have included the two folders(include and lib\VisualStudio) in Visual C++ and I have the Irrlight.dll in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. But I still got these errors.

Does somebody know the solution for this problem. Thanks very much.

t · Post by t » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:56 am

I think you've set the program up to compile as a windows app, when it should for this example be a console app.

MedievalMagic13 · Post by **MedievalMagic13** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:07 pm

Thanks a lot. It works! I've made a windows application instead of a console application. It works fine now!

VeneX · Post by **VeneX** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 3:32 pm

Is it possible, when I try to compile a tutorial, it is an windows app and not an console? It doesn't work actually. I just opened the dsw and compile it.

rt · Post by rt » Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:12 pm

VeneX wrote:Is it possible, when I try to compile a tutorial, it is an windows app and not an console? It doesn't work actually. I just opened the dsw and compile it.

it is possible. my irrlicht game is a windows app which has a

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int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                     int       nCmdShow){

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