Hello,

I would like to compile and link a program whose main() function is
hidden in a .LIB file somewhere. I linked a library that contains the
main() function, and then linked  that into a program without a main()
function, just to see what would happen. I got what I thought I would
get, i.e., an "Unresolved external _main" error message from the
linker. I was expecting this, but I'm curious as to why this doesn't
work. I'm certainly no linker expert, but I would think that it could
resolve the main() function stored in the library. So, I have 2
questions for anyone here; 1. why doesn't it work? and 2. how can
something like this be made to work? I've seen class libraries where,
instead of defining a main() function in your program's code, there is
something like a zApp::main(), or, in the case of MFC, just a global
variable of type CApplication or something. I'm assuming that main() is
hidden away in a library somewhere, but I don't know. 

Thanks in advance,

Kelly

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