im on nehe lesson 2 and everytime i try to run it, it says there are 2 errors. on error is LIBCD.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _main, and the other is just 1 unresolved external symbol. there used to be 20, but i put the libs in. what should i do?

do you have a main function and what's the other unresolved symbol? and, btw, please don't cross post

1.) You aren't running your project file (.dsw or .vcproj, if you're using MS Visual Studio), but a single .cpp file. You should be running the whole project file.

2.) You have gl headers included before windows header. You should have it like:
#include <windows.h> // must be the first one
#include <GL/gl.h>
...

Well, maybe it's something else.

Quote: Original post by Wingman
2.) You have gl headers included before windows header.

I believe you mean: You mus include the gl headers after the windows header, also I'd recommend a setup more like this, so it's a bit easier if you decide to port it later:

The likely explanation for this is that you are compiling as a console application when you actually have a Windows application. Console applications have the entry point int main() or int main(int argc, char** argv) whereas Windows applications have the entry point int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow). If you try compiling a Windows application as a console application the compiler will look for the main function and fail to find it, reporting an unresolved external symbol: main (The underscore you see is just something added by the compiler to avoid naming conflicts). Change your compiler options to compile as a windows application.

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