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printf() needs a console to print to and Win16 does not support consoles. &nbsp;Compile your project as QiuckWin (or something similar).<br />

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printf() needs a console to print to and Win16 does not support consoles.  Compile your project as QiuckWin (or something similar).


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i can't compile my program as a quickWindow application <br />
because it is a CGI .<br />
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what other alternatives do i have ???<br />

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i can't compile my program as a quickWindow application
because it is a CGI .

what other alternatives do i have ???


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And the autograder hits again!<br />

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What causes this link problem ( _printf ) with Visual C 1.52 in this windows project &amp;&nbsp;how can it be solved ?<br />
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#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;<br />
#include &lt;windows.h&gt;<br />
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void main()<br />
{<br />
&nbsp; printf(&quot;This is just a test&quot;);<br />
}<br />
<br />
Linking...<br />
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TRY.OBJ(c:\project\vc-c1_d<wbr />e.kit\vcc\<wbr />vcc\try.c)<wbr /> : error L2029: '_printf' : unresolved external<br />
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&nbsp;LINK returned error code 2.<br />
4.EXE - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)<br />
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What causes this link problem ( _printf ) with Visual C 1.52 in this windows project & how can it be solved ?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

void main()
{
  printf("This is just a test");
}

Linking...

TRY.OBJ(c:\project\vc-c1_de.kit\vcc\vcc\try.c) : error L2029: '_printf' : unresolved external

 LINK returned error code 2.
4.EXE - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)



_printf error with visual c 1.52

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