Incremental Linker problem, LNK 2001

[patrascu92]

Hi! I am new to masm and I need to create a backgammon game so that I can sustain an exam. I've attached the project files. I just started and I already have a problem, a problem with the linker. It keeps getting me the LNK2001('unresolved external symbol') but I can't see nothing wrong with my code. I lost a lot of time searching on the internet but nothing solved it. Please help me!

[dedndave]

you are missing all the includes for building win32 programs
there are numerous ones, windows.inc, then an include and includelib for each dll you want to access

the easy way is to remove this stuff

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.386
.model flat,stdcall
option casemap:none

and add this

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        INCLUDE     \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc
then put your project include (bg.inc) after that

masm32rt.inc is a plain text file - you can open it with NotePad and see what's inside   :t

[dedndave]

ok - i see you put those includes in the project include
but, there are a few other issues.....

generally, i don't specify a path for the project include file, as it is in the "local" folder
and - we don't specify a drive letter for the include files
the masm32 library is set up to build projects on the same drive as masm32 is installed

another problem is the END statement - it goes at the end of the source file   
that fixed a couple of the errors

then - one error.....

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        Paint_BMP PROTO :DWORD,:DWORD,:DWORD,:DWORD,:DWORD

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PaintBMP proc BmpHandle:DWORD, PosX:DWORD, PosY:DWORD, BmpW:DWORD, BmpH:DWORD
oops - missing an underscore

have a look at the attached file...

[patrascu92]

thank you! I'll be back for sure :)) !