Unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function int __cdecl invoke_main(void)

Question

Problem :

I am facing below error:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function "int __cdecl imyNVoke_main(void)" (?imyNVoke_main@@YAHXZ) Severity Code Description Project File Line Error LNK1120 1 unresolved externals

Following is my code:

   #include "windows.h"

    #include "tchar.h"

    #include "d3d9.h"

    #pragma comment(lib, "d3d9.lib")

LPDIRECT3D9 pDirect3D=NULL; 

LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 pDirect3DDevice=NULL; 

const int mysegment = 50;

const int myNV = mysegment*13;

struct CUSTOMVERTEX

{

   float x, y, z, rhv;

   DWORD color;

};

#define D3DFVF_CUSTOMVERTEX (D3DFVF_XYZRHW|D3DFVF_DIFFUSE)

LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9 pVertexBuffer=NULL; 

HRESULT InitialDirect3D(HWND hvnd)

{

   if((pDirect3D=Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION))==NULL)

      return E_FAIL;

   D3DDISPLAYMODE Display;

   if(FAILED(pDirect3D->GetAdapterDisplayMode(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, &Display)))

      return E_FAIL;

   D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS Direct3DParameter;

   ZeroMemory(&Direct3DParameter, sizeof Direct3DParameter);

   Direct3DParameter.Windowed=TRUE;

   Direct3DParameter.SwapEffect=D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;

   Direct3DParameter.BackBufferFormat=Display.Format;

   if(FAILED(pDirect3D->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, hvnd,

                                     D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,

                                     &Direct3DParameter, &pDirect3DDevice)))

      return E_FAIL;

   return S_OK;

}

HRE

Answer 1

I have read your problem statement. I have understood the question.

I had also faced the same error in the recent past this is the rare case, but you can also face this error if you are trying to build the MFC application with CMake.

If that is the case, then you need to add the following definitions:

ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_AFXDLL) SET(CMAKE_MFC_FLAG 2) # or 1 if you are looking for the static library

And if you are compiling with unicode, then the following properties also need to be added:

set_target_properties(MyApp PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS _AFXDLL,_UNICODE,UNICODE,_BIND_TO_CURRENT_CRT_VERSION,_BIND_TO_CURRENT_MFC_VERSION LINK_FLAGS "/ENTRY:\"wWinMainCRTStartup\"" )

 

 And your issue will be resolved