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John Fry · Guest

Can anybody help me? I'm a newbie, using Borland's Command-line compiler and
I've been able to compile and run programs using the console mode. But
whenever I try to compile a Windows Application in console mode I receive
the error message --
"Error: Unresolved External '_main' referenced from
C:BorlandBCC55LIBc0x32.OBJ"

The following are the include statements that I am using. "ray.h" is from an
EZWindows Package that I have.

// PhoneNumber.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include "ray.h"

using namespace std;
int ApiMain(void)

And I use the following command to compile.
bcc32 -WC -Ic:borlandezwininclude -Lc:borlandezwinlib PhoneNumber.cpp

This is a simple little program that reads a number from a file and displays
it in a window. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in
advance.

John

Ed Mulroy [TeamB] · Guest

Console mode programs begin at the function main, the function the error
statement says it cannot find. Your message says that you have provided
ApiMain. The compiler attaches no special significance to that function.

You also mention something called EZWindows. I did a web search for the
word EZWindows and found a page on a software package from the U of Virginia
CS dept with installation versions for MS and Borland compilers.

If ApiMain is what that package requires then there must be a library
associated with that package, a library that supplies the function main. If
so then the compiler must be told to use that library by putting the library
name on the command line to the right of any source and object file names
(complete with the .lib extension in the name).

The command line you show is unnecessarily complex.

John Fry · Guest

Thanks again for the speedy and accurate assistance. After making the
changes that you provided, the programs compile and run like they should.
You must have a keen eye for compiling errors.

John

"Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <dont_email_me (AT) bitbuc (DOT) ket> wrote