just started with lua today, trying to get a very basic program to work with c++. im using visual c++ NET, and got the lua 4.0 headers, libs and DLL's from http://tonyandpaige.com/tutorials/lua-4.0.1-win32.zip i followed the instructions they gave for setting up lua: http://tonyandpaige.com/tutorials/lua1.html and i also used the example program on that page. the program compiles correctly, but when i goto run it, it comes up with the error: "The procedure entry point lua_baselibopen could not be located in the dynamic link library lua+lib.dll" i have no idea how to fix this, is it just that the website has an error or is there something ive done wrong?

I strongly recommend to use the latest stable version from the official Lua-site, which is 5.0.2. The language has improved a lot since 4.0.
For learning Lua I recommend "Programming in Lua" by Roberto Ierusalimschy, it can be read on-line. Or buy it, if you want to get seriously into Lua, I did it and it is definitely worth it's money.

I believe, like the poster above me, that you have downloaded an outdated version of Lua (4); one that does not have the appropriate functions in the lualib.dll file. Even though there were other functions in Lua 4 that did what lua_baselibopen did, you really should upgrade - most of the resources I've found are for Lua 5.