first steps!

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Adel

1 posts

#10451

first steps!

7 years, 2 months ago Edited by Adel on January 22, 2017, 2:24am

Hi all,

I am trying to start following the tutorials from the start, I installed visual studio community 2015, I had to install visual C library to get started, I choose a universal windows template, I am running the exact code as the intro to C tutorial says, but I got 2 errors

1 2	expected a declaration Error C2447 '{': missing function header (old-style formal list?)

this is the code I wrote

#include <windows.h>
#include <pch.h>

void foo(void)
{
	OutputDebugStringA("This is a test.\n");
}

int CALLBACK WinMain(
	HINSTANCE hInstance,
	HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
	LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
	int       nCmdShow);
{
	foo();
}

any clue on where I might be going wrong here? thanks

Edit: nevermind, I think I found the culprit, that semicolon after the WinMain .

mmozeiko

Mārtiņš Možeiko

2562 posts / 2 projects

#10452

first steps!

7 years, 2 months ago Edited by Mārtiņš Možeiko on January 22, 2017, 2:46am

Next time when you post an error message, please post it fully - including line number which maches code you are posting. So we can see what exactly is wrong (otherwise it will just a guessing game).

GeorgeKT

1 posts

#10455

first steps!

7 years, 2 months ago

You have a stray ; after the WinMain function signature:

int CALLBACK WinMain(
	HINSTANCE hInstance,
	HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
	LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
	int       nCmdShow); <--- Remove the ;
{
	foo();
}

mmozeiko

Mārtiņš Možeiko

2562 posts / 2 projects

#10457

first steps!

7 years, 2 months ago Edited by Mārtiņš Možeiko on January 22, 2017, 9:30am

That's exactly what OP is saying on last line :) (edit)