• Minas Mina (26/26) Mar 05 2016 I added a WinMain function to my application because I don't want
• Mike Parker (10/36) Mar 05 2016 When using WinMain, you are bypassing the DRuntime entry point,
• Mike Parker (5/6) Mar 05 2016 Actually, I need to amend that. It isn't needed with WinMain when
• Minas Mina (2/8) Mar 05 2016 Thanks. I removed the WinMain and it worked.

Minas Mina <minas_0 hotmail.co.uk> writes:

I added a WinMain function to my application because I don't want 
it to open a console when running on windows.

But now it doesn't even start...

extern (Windows)
int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
               LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
     bool b = true;
     while (b)
     {
         sync(Clock.currTime(utcTimeZone()));
         Thread.sleep(getNextTimeToRun() - 
Clock.currTime(utcTimeZone()));
     }
	
     return 0;
}

And this is my DUB configuration:

name "..."
description "..."
copyright "..."
authors "..."
targetType "executable"
lflags "/SUBSYSTEM:windows" "/EXETYPE:NT" platform="windows"

I got those flags from here: http://wiki.dlang.org/D_for_Win32

Any ideas:

Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:

On Saturday, 5 March 2016 at 13:16:19 UTC, Minas Mina wrote:
 I added a WinMain function to my application because I don't 
 want it to open a console when running on windows.

 But now it doesn't even start...

 extern (Windows)
 int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
               LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
 {
     bool b = true;
     while (b)
     {
         sync(Clock.currTime(utcTimeZone()));
         Thread.sleep(getNextTimeToRun() - 
 Clock.currTime(utcTimeZone()));
     }
 	
     return 0;
 }

 And this is my DUB configuration:

 name "..."
 description "..."
 copyright "..."
 authors "..."
 targetType "executable"
 lflags "/SUBSYSTEM:windows" "/EXETYPE:NT" platform="windows"

 I got those flags from here: http://wiki.dlang.org/D_for_Win32

 Any ideas:

When using WinMain, you are bypassing the DRuntime entry point, 
meaning the runtime is never initialized. You need to do it 
manually. However, since you're passing /SUBSYSTEM:windows on the 
command line, you *don't need* WinMain. That flag is for when you 
want to use main, but don't want the console to popup. If you use 
WinMain, you do not need that flag. To keep things simple, I 
recommend you use the /SUBSYSTEM:windows flag together with a 
regular main and drop WinMain completely. You can drop the 
/EXETYPE flag as well.

Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:

On Saturday, 5 March 2016 at 14:01:11 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 If you use WinMain, you do not need that flag.

Actually, I need to amend that. It isn't needed with WinMain when 
using the Microsoft linker, but it is when using OPTLINK. The MS 
linker recognizes WinMain and treats it as /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS by 
default.

Minas Mina <minas_0 hotmail.co.uk> writes:

On Saturday, 5 March 2016 at 14:08:28 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
 On Saturday, 5 March 2016 at 14:01:11 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 If you use WinMain, you do not need that flag.

 Actually, I need to amend that. It isn't needed with WinMain 
 when using the Microsoft linker, but it is when using OPTLINK. 
 The MS linker recognizes WinMain and treats it as 
 /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS by default.

Thanks. I removed the WinMain and it worked.