Win32 API and MinGW

Hey /prog/,

I'm just getting started with win32 API programming in C++ and I'm having trouble compiling the winnie tutorial (http://www.relisoft.com/win32/winnie.html) with MinGW.

My input and output:

C:\Users\Eric\Projects> g++ winnie.cpp -o winnie.exe

/mingw/lib/libmingw32.a(main.o):main.c:(.text+0xd2): undefined reference to 'WinMain@16'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


Any help would be very much appreciated.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=undefined+reference+to+WinMain%4016

>>2
Yeah, because I didn't already google it for myself. Thanks.

http://stackoverflow.com

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2040730/undefined-reference-to-winmain-error-1-in-eclipse-using-mingw

>>5
Didn't help, but thanks anyway.

Use a real OS, all problems solved.

Use MSVC if you want to do Win32 coding. You can do it in gcc if you really want, but MSVC is the superior C and SEPPLES compiler for Windows.

MSVC is not a C compiler

>>1
Just follow a different tutorial; that one is horribly outdated.

Try googling "minGW c++ windows example" or similar

>>9
Microsoft's C/C++ Optimizing Compiler, happy now?

>>11
Yes, very much so.

s/WinMain@16/main/