Newbie Error Function Main Not Defined

[cmoher3]

Greetings. I'm working from Dohan Ibrahim's Advanced Microcontrollers book. My first program is exactly this:
void main()
{
unsigned int Sum, i;
TRISC=0

Sum=0;
For (i=1; i<=10; i++)
{
Sum = Sum + i;
}

PORTC=Sum;
}

When I build this, I get a Function Main Not Defined error. It's been decades since I wrote anything in C. I don't recall ever having to define the Main function. I am using the free limited edition of MikroC. Your help is greatly appreciated in advance.

[pwdixon]

you are missing a ; after trisc.

But this simple app has also revealed something I'd never thought about before. Even adding the ; gives and error on the 'For' it appears that MC does like the capital F, change to 'for' and it compiles ok.

I tried a 'While()' and that objects as well, not checked any other commands (yet).

[cmoher3]

Thanks very much. I'm embarrassed by my oversight....it's 3 AM when I did this. Unfortunately, I changed the code as follows and I still get the same error:

void main()
{
unsigned int Sum, i;
TRISC = 0;

Sum = 0;
for (i=1; i<=10; i++)
{
Sum = Sum + i;
}

PORTC = Sum;
}
Is this MikroC pretty picky about column positions perhaps ??

[Mike Brearley]

Hello There
I don't know what you are doing wrong as I have just compiled your code with no trouble. The thing you have not said is which pic you ate compiling for. I used 16F887
Mike

[cmoher3]

I started from scratch and everything works fine now, although I don't know what I was doing wrong in the first instance. Thanks

[jbrookley]

For the record, you'll see that error if you try and build a C file without creating/saving a project file. That's why starting all over worked out for you. If you get that error again, just go to Save Project As, etc and it should work.

How do I know this? Cuz I had that same problem and it took me far longer to figure out the problem than it should have . . .

[idakota]

you are missing a ; after trisc.

But this simple app has also revealed something I'd never thought about before. Even adding the ; gives and error on the 'For' it appears that MC does like the capital F, change to 'for' and it compiles ok.

I tried a 'While()' and that objects as well, not checked any other commands (yet).

Thats probably due to ANSI Cs case sensitivity

[hazad]

So I have the same error. Still Searching for this problem. I will write if I found. Thanks a lot

[vishaletm]

I am also having the same problem FOR THE EXAMPLE MANCHESTER CODE given in help. I just copy and paste the code and compile! Error is "main function not defined" please help me i am in middle of a project

[filip]

Hi,

Most likely you didn't include the source file where you pasted your code into the project that you are trying to compile.
Please, use Project Manager and add the source file and it should compile OK.

Regards,
Filip.