Making a Windows program - I NEED HELP!

Potato-VS-

Okay, Im going to make a mod of the Genesis 3D game engine, but I want to get use to windows programming first. I have made a simple MSDOS program with little dialogue boxes and stuff... I try to compile to code below and I get an error - thanks MSVC++ for not telling me what the error is!

Anyway, here is the code... Maybe one of you guys could fix it up or something...

// Nemesis 3D.cpp
//

#include <windows.h>

//a nice simple introduction to the program
//

int WinMain(HINSTANCE, hInstance, LPSTR);
{
MessageBox(NULL, "Hello! Welcome to Nemesis 3D!", "Welcome!");
return 0;
}

//other program stuff goes below
//

Mongoose_Slayer · Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 3:45 pm Post subject:

/me is confused

Vulcan · Registered User Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 2773

I would guess no semicolin after the main statement.
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Potato-VS- · Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 6:50 pm Post subject:

It still gives me some errors though....

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Vulcan · Registered User Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 2773

try here, I don't know if it will help, but it might.
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Potato-VS- · Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 7:40 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Im going to go through these tuts.

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Potato-VS- · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 7:29 am Post subject:

Heres the errors that I get.

--------------------Configuration: Nemesis 3D - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
Nemesis 3D.cpp
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\Nemesis 3D\Nemesis 3D.cpp(9) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'hInstance'
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\Nemesis 3D\Nemesis 3D.cpp(10) : warning C4007: 'WinMain' : must be '__stdcall'
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\Nemesis 3D\Nemesis 3D.cpp(10) : error C2731: 'WinMain' : function cannot be overloaded
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\Nemesis 3D\Nemesis 3D.cpp(9) : see declaration of 'WinMain'
Error executing cl.exe.

Nemesis 3D.exe - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)

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cobra · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 8:45 am Post subject:

Lin Sivvi Defiant Hero

ToRaK · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 10:02 am Post subject:

I think you probably should start with a samller projeckt and work your way up...

edit: linny poo what is your new sn?
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Lin Sivvi Defiant Hero · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 10:16 am Post subject:

None, I don't really bother using trillian anymore. I'm not on gamesnet much either. But I'll connect for you

Potato-VS- · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 1:12 pm Post subject:

Okay, one error now...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\Nemesis 3D.cpp(14) : error C2660: 'MessageBoxA' : function does not take 3 parameters

Geeze, why can't his be easy?

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Lin Sivvi Defiant Hero · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 1:26 pm Post subject:

MessageBox(NULL, "Hello! Welcome to Nemesis 3D!", "Welcome!", 0);

Takes 4 params, the last is the style, 0 should be just an OK button.

Potato-VS- · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 1:53 pm Post subject:

Now it says that the first { is causing an error,

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\Nemesis 3D.cpp(15) : error C2447: missing function header (old-style formal list?)

Should I use the win32 sdk to help me with this? Maybe it will help MSVC++ understand some of these terms...

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ToRaK · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 3:33 pm Post subject:

Look kido, it seems to me that you would be much better served taking a couple of simpler projects first off. If you are hell bent on writting a full fledged "windows" game or whatever then I would suggest you get a book which will help you along.
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