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• Khushi2005 Unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function _mainCRTStartup

  Hello, When I upgraded my code from VS2003 to VS2005, the VS2005 gave me these error responses. Error 189 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function _mainCRTStartup Error 190 fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals The program works well under VS2005. I do not know how to fix this , please help me.... Thank you very much! Yang Thanks for your quick response. I am using MFC. ...Show All

• RaviKanthReddy Having Problems In Building Sample Projects With VC++2005

  Hi, I was trying to build sample projects of Windows Media Format SDK 9.5 with VC++ 2005. I had that SDK, as well as the newest version of Platform SDK installed. When building the sample project 'DSPlay', the following error came out. ------ Build started: Project: DSPlay, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Linking... DSPlay.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "unsigned int (__stdcall* ATL::g_pfnGetThreadACP)(void)" ( g_pfnGetT ...Show All

• Absinthe template extremly implicit instantiation

  MS VC 7.1++ Here is the code, that using typeof implementation by Bill Gibbons ( http://www.accu-usa.org/2000-05-Main.html  ): [code] #include <ostream> using namespace std; //for typeof template<int N> struct typeof_c; // No definition, only specializations /**/ #define REGISTER_TYPE(N,T) \     template<> struct typeof_c<N> { typedef T RET; }; \   typedef char CharArrayOf ## N ## [ ...Show All

• Satriani Changed the COM signatures....using ildasm.....

  Hi, I have a .exe COM which I used in .NET but some signatures got changed....so I opened it with ildasm and changed the signatures so that it should return something from the function....This is the error I'm getting now.... The runtime has encountered a fatal error. The address of the error was at 0x79e8aff6, on thread 0xb4. The error code is 0xc0000005. This error may be a bug in the CLR or in the unsafe or non-verifiable portions of us ...Show All

• steverino winnt.h(222): Error C2146 ...

  All, line 222 in winnt.h reads like this:      typedef void * POINTER_64 PVOID64; and creates the error message      Error C2146: syntax error: missing ';' before identifier PVOID64. I am trying to throw VC++ 2005 Express on Windows 2000 Pro SP4 at a modifed version of the amcap sample program of DirectShow.  This is the version I have downloaded with DirectX 9.0b on 11 Oct. 2004 and ...Show All

• Michael Creamer Itanium compiler removed in VS 2005 PRO (it is only on team version)

  I'm disappointed: the C++ itanium computer was removed on VS 2005 Professional, and is only on the expensive "team" edition. The Platfork SDK of Windows 2003 SP1 contain a free x64 and itanium compiler, but not integrated on VS2005 see http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/vs2005/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/vs2005/subscriptions/ http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/productinfo/productline/default.aspx http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teams ...Show All

• BMoussiaux Specifying "out" parameters in C++/CLI

  I'm building a managed wrapper in C++/CLI and am trying to build a client for it in C#. However there seems to be a few problems. I have a prototype in C++/CLI which looks like the following: int f1( int nType, array <MY_TYPE ^> ^%pOut, int ^%npOut) There are a few problems with the following though. I want that the last two parameters should be output only parameters. In C# I want them to be specified with "out" keyword and not "r ...Show All

• mkruluts Version 6??

  My son is teaching himself game programming in C++. The books he is using all work with C++ version 6. Can we still get C++ version 6, or does this matter Any assistance will be gratefully received! Studio 6.0 is no longer available from or supported by Microsoft, but you may still be able to find a copy if you look in the right places. I taught a C++ course a while back (2-3 years ago) that used a book ...Show All

• Kendallsoft How to get the size of a Drawn String using GDI+?

  Before I DrawString( ) in a rectangle using GDI+ method, i want i to be able to figure out size (specifically the width) of the rectangle required to fit the string. This way i can center the rectangle and its associated icon on a button. Any ideas Thanks. I don't know if this will help, I used TextOut in a program once and also had to specify the text size. strlen or GetLength() worked for th ...Show All

• Cong Xie – MSFT Build dependencies

  Hello, I'm trying to use my own compiler with vs2005. It accepts the same switches and produces same output. The problem is that whenever I build my project all the files are recompiled (as though if I run rebuild). Before I used the same setup with vs.net and as far as I'm concerned it worked well, but with vs2005 entire project always gets rebuild. What I want to know is how does vs detects if an .obj or a final binary should be updated (sourc ...Show All

• Phil-2005 declare/initialize int?

  Hello, I wish to have an integer inumber to use as the index in myArray[inumber] How do I declare/initialize this value Also can I have something similar to the C# code of private string[] results; results = new string[myArray.Length]; Thanks Geoff When it comes to writing managed code with C++ the code is remarkably similar to the equivalent C# code. One of the biggest differences is that C++ keeps the syntac ...Show All

• Peter Aspect Add anim gif to resource in VS 2005 (or 2003) doesn't working?

  How to add anim gif resource to project I try Add resource/Import, choose a gif file, in Custom Resource Type Window typing GIF (trying so "GIF") but it doesn't working. This message box is displayed: http://www.racap.net/nuke/vc++/notvalidfile.jpg I try this with some another gif files. Thank for help. Hi, Even if we do not support Gif files as Bitmap resource type, this looks like a bug. Please report this defect to the ...Show All

• Adam_W I need some help

  I have Visual C++ 6.0 and i knw how to program in C++ but i dont know where to go from here. Could anyone point me into the right direction Ahhhhh...good old Visual C++ 6.0, my favorite.  Ok, here we go, and pay attention closely. File->New Under the projects tab there are several projects that look like giberish to you.  Don't worry about it, they are.  Then you see MFC (.exe) okay this is sorta the C++ syntax you know, ...Show All

• nobodeuno Linker Error

  There's an error in my project (Actually it's on Borland C++ 6.0 because de visual C++ 2005, didn't recognize library "windows.h". So please, if somebody knows the reason help me.Here is the code (just an experience): #include <windows.h> #include <psapi.h> #include <iostream> using std::iostream; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { DWORD* id; DWORD* returned; DWORD size; bool temp; EnumProcesses(i ...Show All

• Yves Liu Resource Editor: Add/Remove operation is impossible '(null)' is read only

  MESSAGE: Resource Editor: Add/Remove operation is impossible, because the code element '(null)' is  read only   So, I moved files from /ProjectA/ProjectA to just be /ProjectA fixed the project settings deleted and added files to go with the changes.  My 'ClassView' contains duplicate classes CMyClass and CMyClass with two different paths one in /ProjectA/ProjectA and the new one /ProjectA; I can't delete the old /ProjectA/Project ...Show All