ok i realli need some help here, i got 5 errors to the code below> #includes ............................. ............................. // WINMAIN //////////////////////////////////////////////// int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hinstance, //handle of app.instance HINSTANCE hprevinstance, LPSTR lpcmdline, //pointer->cmdline parameters int ncmdshow) //directs how init.window is to be shown { WNDCLASS winclass; // a declaration of a window class HWND hwnd; // generic window handle MSG msg; // generic message HDC hdc; // generic dc PAINTSTRUCT ps; // generic paintstruct // first fill in the window class stucture winclass.style = CS_DBLCLKS | CS_OWNDC | //style field CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW; winclass.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc; //function ptr that points to event handler function winclass.cbClsExtra = 0; winclass.cbWndExtra = 0; winclass.hInstance = hinstance; //store instance of app. winclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION); //@handle of icon to display winclass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); //@handle to cursor winclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH); //handle to backgrd brush winclass.lpszMenuName = NULL; //name of resource for the menu attached to window winclass.lpszClassName = WINDOW_CLASS_NAME; //@name i wish to refer to my new window class // register the window class if (!RegisterClass(&winclass)) return(0); // create the window if (!(hwnd = CreateWindow(WINDOW_CLASS_NAME, //@preregistered clas "Crystal Breakers", //@title of window WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE, //@window creation style flags 0,0, //x,y positions to open window at GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN), GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN), //width, height of SCREEN NULL, //handle to parent NULL , //handle to menu hinstance, //instance from WinMain NULL))) //creation parms return(0); //SET MENU HMENU hmymenu = LoadMenu(hinstance, "Crystal_menu"); SetMenu(hwnd, hmymenu); // save the window handle in a global main_window_handle = hwnd; main_instance = hinstance; // perform all game console specific initialization Game_Init(); // enter main event loop, loop until there is a WM_QUIT message while(1) { if (PeekMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0,PM_REMOVE)) //pointed msg structure { // test if this is a quit if (msg.message == WM_QUIT) break; // translate any accelerator keys TranslateMessage(&msg); // send the message to the window proc DispatchMessage(&msg); } // end if // main game processing goes here Game_Main(); } // end while // shutdown game and release all resources Game_Shutdown(); // return to Windows like this return(msg.wParam); } // end WinMain /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // WINX GAME PROGRAMMING CONSOLE FUNCTIONS //////////////// int Game_Init(void *parms) { // this function is where you do all the initialization // for your game // create object and test for error if (DirectDrawCreate(NULL,&lpdd,NULL)!=DD_OK) return(0); // set cooperation level to windowed mode normal if ((lpdd->SetCooperativeLevel(hwnd,DDSCL_ALLOWMODEX | DDSCL_ALLOWREBOOT | DDSCL_EXCLUSIVE | DDSCL_FULLSCREEN))!=DD_OK) return(0); // set the display mode if ((lpdd->SetDisplayMode(640,480,16))!=DD_OK) //@switch & menu!! return(0); // return success return(1); } // end Game_Init /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// int Game_Shutdown(void *parms) { // this function is where you shutdown your game and // release all resources that you allocated // release the directdraw object if (lpdd!=NULL) lpdd->Release(); // return success return(1); } // end Game_Shutdown /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// int Game_Main(void *parms) { // this is the workhorse of your game it will be called // continuously in real-time this is like main() in C // all the calls for you game go here! // your code goes here // return success return(1); } // end Game_Main /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// [edited by - edwinnie on April 7, 2002 4:24:47 AM] [edited by - edwinnie on April 7, 2002 4:30:06 AM]

It would help if you told us what the errors are ...

What are the errors!?

my header files are these>

//Crystal_menu.h

#define ID_Crystal_menu_File_NewGame 1000
#define ID_Crystal_menu_File_Exit 1001
#define ID_Crystal_menu_Video_640x480x16 2000
#define ID_Crystal_menu_Video_800x600x16 2001
#define ID_Crystal_menu_Video_800x600x32 2002
#define ID_Crystal_menu_Help_About 3000


the resource script is>

#include "Crystal_menu.h"

Crystal_menu MENU DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
POPUP "&File"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "New &Game", ID_Crystal_menu_File_NewGame
MENUITEM "E&xit", ID_Crystal_menu_File_Exit
END

POPUP "&Video"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "640x480x16", ID_Crystal_menu_Video_640x480x16
MENUITEM "800x600x16", ID_Crystal_menu_Video_800x600x16
MENUITEM "800x600x32", ID_Crystal_menu_Video_800x600x32
END

POPUP "&Help"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "&About", ID_Crystal_menu_Help_About
END
END

the errors are>

e:\crystal breakers\crystal.cpp(197) : error C2601: ''WinMain'' : local function definitions are illegal

e:\crystal breakers\crystal.cpp(280) : error C2601: ''Game_Init'' : local function definitions are illegal

e:\crystal breakers\crystal.cpp(304) : error C2601: ''Game_Shutdown'' : local function definitions are illegal

e:\crystal breakers\crystal.cpp(319) : error C2601: ''Game_Main'' : local function definitions are illegal

e:\crystal breakers\crystal.cpp(356) : fatal error C1004: unexpected end of file found

the last error is at the end of the file, after the many slashes
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

i also got an error due to the header file
something like "unexpected end of file".

I think one of your headers doesn''t close all it''s brackets or braces properly.

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i think i am missing something to the header file>
wat is it?
i tried adding 2 braces...and that header error is gone
but now got this error>

e:\crystal breakers\crystal_menu.h(2) : error C2447: missing function header (old-style formal list?)

//Crystal_menu.h
{
#define ID_Crystal_menu_File_NewGame 1000
#define ID_Crystal_menu_File_Exit 1001
#define ID_Crystal_menu_Video_640x480x16 2000
#define ID_Crystal_menu_Video_800x600x16 2001
#define ID_Crystal_menu_Video_800x600x32 2002
#define ID_Crystal_menu_Help_About 3000
}

Stop. Go back to plain C/C++ and console applications. Get a grasp of the language, then come back to Win32.

That''s all I''ll say on the matter.

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