Re: Create a console app under EmbeddedVC4, and debug it

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And where did you get that entry point name? You can't just make up random
names and expect them to work. mainACRTStartup is what you want for a
non-unicode, _main startup.

Paul T.

"Jin Li" <jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23lTHc4P$FHA.3136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unfortunately, it's still not working...
>
> I changed the project settings -> link -> project options to:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> /entry:"mainCRTStartup" /subsystem:console
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Then compile it, got a link error:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> linking...
> LINK : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _mainCRTStartup
> emulatorDbg/hello.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
> Error executing link.exe.
> hello.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The link option of project settings is:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> commctrl.lib coredll.lib $(CEx86Corelibc)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I compared the settings of this project with that of the console project
> under PB, which runs OK, I couldn't see any difference. Could any one
> share some thoughts if possible?
>
> Regards
>
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
> wrote in message news:%23QgyruE$FHA.216@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Well, you're heading in the right direction, but that's the wrong value.
>> DllMainCRTStartup is, as the name implies, for DLLs. Your program is not
>> a DLL. Check the help. I think there's documentation of the right entry
>> point name for having main().
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Jin Li" <jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23EKCXiE$FHA.272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Thank you very much for both replies, and it really helped! I exported
>>> and then installed the SDK which has a console and now I can connect to
>>> it from Embedded VC4.
>>>
>>> I understand that WinMain is a console application, however, I really
>>> want to create a "main(int argc, char* argv[])" style console
>>> application, since we have some existing code that we want to compile
>>> it. So I replaced the WinMain with main, and under
>>> project->settings->link->project options, changed
>>> /entry:"WinMainCRTStartup" to /entry:"_DllMainCRTStartup", it compiles
>>> OK, but when run it, the printf inside main doesn't excute. I wonder if
>>> the settings I changed are correct, or there are some other things I
>>> should change...
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> "Bruce Eitman (eMVP)" <beitman.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> message news:e4ypPvD$FHA.264@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Wouldn't compile, or wouldn't link? I suspect that it failed to link,
>>>> and that is because in your project settings it is set to use something
>>>> other than main. Change it, or your code so they match.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bruce Eitman (eMVP)
>>>> Senior Engineer
>>>> beitman AT applieddata DOT net
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> "Jin Li" <jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23J5u4hC$FHA.3564@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if someone could tell me how to create a console application
>>>>> under Embedded VC4, and how to debug and test it by connecting to a
>>>>> platform that has a console.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are some details of what I did:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Under Embedded VC4, File-> New->Project, try to create a "Console
>>>>> application", but there is no such a choice, only "WCE application",
>>>>> which uses WinMain. If I use an empty "WCE project", and added a
>>>>> simple main(..) function, it doesn't compile.
>>>>>
>>>>> Meanwhile, I created a platform "OS1" under PB using the template
>>>>> "Internet Appliance", which has a console. Then when adding a project
>>>>> under PB, there is the choice of "console application". I wonder what
>>>>> is the difference of developing applications under VC4 and PB? If VC4
>>>>> has more support(my impression, but not sure), is there a way that I
>>>>> could export the "OS1" image to VC4, so maybe after that I could
>>>>> create a console app under VC4?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. In WinMain of the VC4 project, I tried to put a printf("hello"),
>>>>> and run it, but it starts the STANDARDSDK Emulator, which has no
>>>>> console in it. I tried to connect to the "OS1" platform by doing the
>>>>> following: start "OS1" from PB and let it running, add a device of
>>>>> "OS1" using "configure platform manager", but when I go to "Set Active
>>>>> Platform", I could only see "STANDARDSDK Emulator", not my "OS1".
>>>>>
>>>>> Another way I tried is under "OS1" console, I "shared" the directory
>>>>> of VC4 project, then I could run the exe using cmd under OS1, but the
>>>>> problem is I could not debug it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think I'm missing something here... I would really appreciate it if
>>>>> someone could share their thoughts on any of the points.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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