i cant get the example that came with dev c++ of making a window work in vc++ and i dont know why.the debugger says it has an unresolved external in symbol _main and i have no idea what the external can be since all i want to do is make a window. any help would be great.(remember im not trying to compile in dev c++ im trying to compile in vc++ now)

I don't have VC++ but that sounds like if you are compiling as console!

sounds like it