#Is there a way to implement windows functions in c++ without using #include <windows.h>

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hearty olive
wet swan
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int MessageBoxA(void* hwnd, char* text, char* caption, int type);
int main(void) {
    MessageBox(0, "Message", "Caption", 0);
}```
hearty olive
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what's not working?

wet swan
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Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl MessageBoxA(void *,char const *,char const *,int)" (?MessageBoxA@@YAHPEAXPEBD1H@Z) referenced in function main

foggy cradle
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you need to link the windows shared libraries

hearty olive
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^

foggy cradle
hearty olive
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the question is also very odd. Yes, you can definitely implement C++ functions without windows.h, but if you want to use window's functions, you must use windows.h

wet swan
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Is there a way to implement windows functions in c++ without using #include <windows.h>

wet swan
hearty olive
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no worries

wet swan
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maybe i am missing the function pointer?

hearty olive
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that post is about forward-declaration, the definitions are still included somewhere else

wet swan
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kk thanks

bronze shardBOT
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