Hi, I recently got to programming in C++, my first real programming language and when I tried to build one of the first and simplest examples in the book I bought(Beginning Visual C++ 5.0) I get these two errors: LIBCD.lib(wincrt0.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 Debug/ex_2.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals Here is the code I used: ------------------------start // fruit addition #include int main() { int apples, oranges; // initiate two fruit variables int fruits; // initiate variable ''fruits'' apples = 5; oranges = 6; // assign values to fruit variables fruits = apples + oranges; // total fruits into variable ''fruits'' cout << "If we add the value of apples and oranges we should get " << fruits << " total fruits in all."; return 0; } ------------------------end Would anyone happen to know what''s wrong? Thank you.

Create a new project, and make it a console app instead of a Win32 app.

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Martee

There are different types of projects you can make in VC++. Win32 applications are the ones normally used in windows. For DOS or console applications, you must choose to make a Console application when creating the project. Win32 apps begin with WinMain instead of main, so that''s why you got the error. Just start a new console app with your source code and it should work.

I''m not flaming, I just want to clear this up for some people.

A console app is NOT a DOS app. And it IS a Win32 app.

Win32 is just signifying that it uses 32-bit windows. There are no projects in the default VC++ that are for making DOS apps. And not all win32 apps need a WinMain, as previously stated, the Win32 console app uses main.

For example, if you make a Win32 console app, you need to be in windows to execute it, you can''t go out of windows (like booting of a DOS disk) and execute it...

Another example...There is no DOS in WinNT, but console apps are still made, and executed all the time on NT systems.

G''luck,
-Alamar

You also forgot to include the iostream.h file. All you have is #include and not the actual file to include. So in order to use the "cout" function, you should include iostream.h

Edited by - Elwren on July 20, 2001 12:11:10 AM

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Original post by Elwren
You also forgot to include the iostream.h file. All you have is #include and not the actual file to include.

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It''s ok Elwren, this board chews up stuff inside the angular brackets such as included filenames and template parameters I expect he did include iostream properly in the original code.

hehe ya i realized that, in my reply i tried to put iostream.h in them angular brackets and it didn''t show up so i had to edit it and take them out =( oh wellioz