WinMain Function in VB

[amitabh]

Has anybody tried using WinMain function in VB? I am having trouble in using it.

What kind of trouble?

perhaps if you post or e-mail me your code and problems, I can help you.

Gerco.

[Vlatko]

Why would you use WinMain in VB?

Isn't it called 'WinMain' in VB?

[KrishnaSantosh]

I Think This would help

In A Module Enter The Code

sub main()

'' Startup Code

end sub

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Go to the project Properties and Select The Startup To Sub Main. and That's It.

Ex:

Sub Main()
form1.show
end sub

[amitabh]

We are not talking about Sub Main, but its about using the WinMain function that we use while programming through Win32 API .

[Alfred]

The WinMain() function is not an API function. It is a entry point required by the VC++ compiler to create a WIN32 application in Visual C++. It has nothing to do with VB. You can not call the WinMain() function because it doesn't exist in in the WIN32 API.

[parksie]

It's not just VC++ -- every program for windows must export the WinMain function. VB inserts its own into your program to initialise COM, the forms, etc.

[Alfred]

You are right, one way or another there must be a WinMain() function even if you compile your VB code to P-code instead of native code. But there is no way you can get VB code into a WinMain() because this code must be in C/C++, and this is a VB form.

The closest you can get to WinMain, is the 'Main' sub in VB.