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-# test a Windows GUI application
-
-import
-  windows, shellapi, nb30, mmsystem, shfolder
-
-#proc MessageBox(hWnd: int, lpText, lpCaption: CString, uType: uint): int
-#  {stdcall, import: "MessageBox", header: "<windows.h>"}
-
-discard MessageBox(0, "Hello World!", "Nimrod GUI Application", 0)