Help with simple error

[Redline]

I haven't done much with C, and what I have done hasn't tied into any window handles or processes. I'd like to build a socket based remote control plugin for winamp. For starters though, I'd like to just be able to compile, and get the winamp handle through FindWindow (and I don't even know where FindWindow belongs, I'm assuming it's from the windows.h header).

Here's the code I'm trying to compile

#include <stdafx.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <process.h>
#include <wa_ipc.h>


int main()
{
  HWND hwnd_winamp;
  hwnd_winamp = FindWindow("Winamp",NULL);

  return 0;
}

And the error

1>------ Build started: Project: war, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Compiling...
1>war.cpp
1>Linking...
1>war.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__FindWindowA@8 referenced in function _main
1>C:\Documents and Settings\Josh\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\war\Debug\war.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

[QUantumAnenome]

It works fine if you start with a simple win32 app. It does not work, however, when you start with a console app.

[Redline]

That makes sense, but when I go to create a new project, the only option I have under Win32, is a Win32 console app. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. Could it be that I'm using the time-trial version of VC++ express?

[QUantumAnenome]

Could be, I'm not sure as I have .net 2003 version. Here is a snippet from the MSDN help page:

CWnd::FindWindow
Microsoft Windows® 95 or later: FindWindowW is supported by the Microsoft Layer for Unicode (MSLU). To use this, you must add certain files to your application, as outlined in Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems.
Header: Declared in Winuser.h, include Windows.h
Import library: User32.lib

Good luck, as it will be difficult to do things easily in windows when starting with a console app.

[QUantumAnenome]

Well, it compiled when I added user32.lib to the linker inputs, started with a console app.

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	FindWindow(NULL, NULL);
	return 0;
}

[Redline]

Ahh! That's it! I knew there was a lib I needed to include. Thank you I'm sure I'll run into more problems, but at least it compiles now