in a standard WinApi programme with windows.h as the only header file, if I put:

case WM_PAINT:
HDC hDC;
PAINTSTRUCT Ps;
hDC = BeginPaint(hwnd, &Ps);
TextOut(hDC, 50, 42, "Blah Blah Blah", 13);
EndPaint(hwnd, &Ps);
break;

for one the the WndProc cases for the msg argument, when I try to compile I get
this: Error 42: Symbol Undefined _TextOutA@20
If I remove the TextOut line it compiles (but does nothing ofc).  It also screws
up with SetBkColor and the same error.  Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Add GDI32.LIB to your program's link phase.
Also... You might want to use DrawText instead of TexOut.

HTH


Scrappy wrote:
> in a standard WinApi programme with windows.h as the only header file, if I put:
> 
> case WM_PAINT:
> HDC hDC;
> PAINTSTRUCT Ps;
> hDC = BeginPaint(hwnd, &Ps);
> TextOut(hDC, 50, 42, "Blah Blah Blah", 13);
> EndPaint(hwnd, &Ps);
> break;
> 
> for one the the WndProc cases for the msg argument, when I try to compile I get
> this: Error 42: Symbol Undefined _TextOutA@20
> If I remove the TextOut line it compiles (but does nothing ofc).  It also screws
> up with SetBkColor and the same error.  Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
> 
> 


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Jan Knepper

Thanks loads! I just put #pragma comment(lib, "gdi32.lib") in with my includes and it all works great now!

>
>Add GDI32.LIB to your program's link phase.
>Also... You might want to use DrawText instead of TexOut.
>
>HTH