Re: Link error 42 (WinApi)

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 16/02/16 6:36 PM, ref2401 wrote:

import core.sys.windows.windows;

void main(string[] args) {
     // I'm aware it would not work properly.
     int formatIndex = ChoosePixelFormat(null, null);
}

When I compile the code above I'm getting the following link error:

OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.17
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console-app.obj(console-app)
  Error 42: Symbol Undefined _ChoosePixelFormat@8

OS: Win 8.1 Pro
DMD: v2.070.0

Maybe I have to install something. Any thoughts?
Thank you.

Try compiling with 64bit.
If it works, its just the import libs not containing the symbol.