From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: MINGW32 Question on test.c 7 Oct 1998 01:15:19 -0700 Message-ID: <19981006113815.27941.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send103.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, "Curtis, Craig M." ---"Curtis, Craig M." wrote: > > I tried compiling the test.c sample file that came in the sample zip > file using two methods. I used the jamfile with jam and it worked fine, > by allowing me to type in a string to be output in the messagebox. But > if I try compiling it using the method outlined in the tutorial, it does > not allow me to enter a string at the console and it displays a > messagebox with garbage in it. > > The commands I entered in when it did not work are as follows: > gcc -c test.o test.c > gcc -o test.exe test.o -mwindows > > Is there some special mode, model, or library I need to link with to > make it work when typing it in by hand? > That's strange!! What did the jam makefile do that you are not? Make sure that your environment isn't mixing pieces and parts between cygwin32 and mingw32. == - \\||// -----------o0O0--Earnie--0O0o------------ -- earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com -- -- http://freeyellow.com/members5/gw32 -- --------------ooo0O--O0ooo--------------- PS: Newbie's, you should visit my page. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".