When I first used AutoItx It was with visual studio 2008, and this code worked fine
#include <Windows.h>
#include "AutoIt3.h"
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow){
long xx = 0;
long yy = 0;
LPPOINT ptr = new POINT();
AU3_PixelSearch(0,0,1024,768,0xFFFFFF,0,1,ptr);
xx = ptr->x; // at this point I get the exception as though ptr is NULL, exception will occur if ptr is refer