Question

I have very little knowledge about C/C++ but I would like to compile a C++ console project to a regular Windows application. So at the end the app has NO forms at all and only executes the code. Here is the code I have from a ufasoft miner:

/*###########################################################################################################################
# Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Ufasoft   http://ufasoft.com   mailto:[e-mail]                                         #
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###########################################################################################################################*/

#include <el/ext.h>

using namespace Ext;

#undef main
#undef wmain

extern "C" int __cdecl _my_wmain(int argc, wchar_t *argv[], wchar_t *envp[]);
extern "C" int __cdecl _my_main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]);


int _cdecl ext_main(int argc, argv_char_t *argv[], argv_char_t *envp[]) {
#if UCFG_WCE
    RegistryKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "Drivers\\Console").SetValue("OutputTo", 0);
#endif

    atexit(MainOnExit);

#if UCFG_ARGV_UNICODE
    return _my_wmain(argc, argv, envp);
#else
    return _my_main(argc, argv, envp);
#endif
}

#if UCFG_WCE
#   if UCFG_ARGV_UNICODE
#       pragma comment(linker, "/ENTRY:mainWCRTStartup")
#   else
#       pragma comment(linker, "/ENTRY:mainACRTStartup")
#   endif
#endif

How can I convert this to a regular windows app?
I already changed the SubSystem to Windows (/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS).
Then I changed the EntryPoint in ProjectSettings to ext_main.
I also have to make sure that the functions gets the CMDCommandLine cause the APP needs to read the parameters.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Use WinMain:

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
    return 0;
}

And set the entry point on Project Properties -> Linker -> Advanced -> Entry Point to WinMain.

And also /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS, but you’ve already done that.