From: Allens <allen DOT asjp AT cableol DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: RSXNTDJ install problems
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 18:49:13 +0100
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New6ie wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>    I've recently tried installing RSXNTDJ 1.3.1 on my windows 95 system and
> have run into some problems.  I am pretty sure I followed the directions in the
> readme.exe file, but cannot compile the example program.  I unpacked the
> rsxntdj file structure in my djgpp directory. The steps I took in installing
> are as follows:
> 
> 1. I replaced the linker (ld.exe) with the new linker from the rsxntdj\patch
> directory.
> 
> 2. I modified my path from:
> C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS
> 
> to:
> C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\DJGPP\RSXNTDJ\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS
> 3. I modified the 2 sections in the SPECS file in \RSXNTDJ\LIB from:
> 
> *cpp:
> %{posix:-D_POSIX_SOURCE} %{Zmt: -D__MT__} %{Zdll: -D__DLL__}
> %{Zcrtdll*:-D__CRTRSXNT__}\
> %{Zwin32: -D__WIN32__ -D__RSXNT__ -D__EMX__ -If:/rsxntdj/include}
> 
> and
> 
> *link:
> %{Zwin32: -Lf:/rsxntdj/lib/all}
> 
> TO:
> 
> *cpp:
> %{posix:-D_POSIX_SOURCE} %{Zmt: -D__MT__} %{Zdll: -D__DLL__}
> %{Zcrtdll*:-D__CRTRSXNT__}\
> %{Zwin32: -D__WIN32__ -D__RSXNT__ -D__EMX__ -IC:/djgpp/rsxntdj/include}
> 
> and
> 
> *link:
> %{Zwin32: -LC:/djgpp/rsxntdj/lib/all}
> 
> 4. I set the RSXNTDJ environment to:
> set RSXNTDJ=C:\DJGPP\RSXNTDJ
> 
> 5. I copied the new djgpp.env file from rsxntdj\lib to the djgpp dir.
> 
> Now, when I run:   gcc -v  I get:
> 
> Reading specs from c:\DJGPP\RSXNTDJ/lib\specs
> gcc version 2.7.2.1
> 
> instead of the following as the instructions suggest I should get:
> 
> Reading specs from c:\DJGPP\RSXNTDJ\lib\specs
> gcc version 2.7.2.1
> 
> And finally, when I try to compile the test program, saved as test.c, using:
> gcc -Zwin32 test.c -o test.exe
> 
> int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
> LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
> {
>         MessageBox (NULL, "Hello Win32", "First App", MB_OK);
> return 0;
> }
> 
> I get the following errors:
> 
> test.c:1: parse error before 'WinMain'
> test.c:1 parse error before 'hInstance'
> test.c: In function 'WinMain':
> test.c:6: 'NULL' undeclared (first use this function)
> test.c:6: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> test.c:6: for each function it appears in.)
> test.c:6: 'MB_OK' undeclared (first use this function)
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> -JayD.

Try adding #include <windows.h> to the top of the program.

Peter Allen