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PSDK Compile Errors

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11 comments, last by KittyRa 18 years, 4 months ago
I just downloaded and installed the Microsoft Platform SDK so I can make WIN32 programs in Visual C++ Express 2005 but when I compile I get these errors. I've looked through my code but I can't find anything that I think is causing them. Does anyone know what's causing them. 
TestMain.cpp
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(222) : error
C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'PVOID64'
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(222) : error
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support default-int
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(5940) : error
C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'Buffer'
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(5940) : error
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support default-int
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(5940) : error
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support default-int
D3DApp.cpp
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(222) : error
C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'PVOID64'
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(222) : error
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support default-int
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(5940) : error
C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'Buffer'
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(5940) : error
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support default-int
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\winnt.h(5940) : error
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support default-int
Thanks!
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My guess is that you have a #include right before including windows.h, and that has some unterminated code (for example, missing a semicolon at the end of a class definition)
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No, windows.h is the first include and my class does have a semi-colon.[DESPRESSED]
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Can you make a simplified case which causes the same errors, and then post it? This is usually helpful. Sometimes doing this by itself is enough to answer why it's happening.

It looks like, somehow, POINTER_64 isn't properly defined. Are there any project definitions which might interfere?
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Any program that includes 
windows.h
has those errors.
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are you compiling as 64 bit??

Cheers
Chris
CheersChris
I am having the exact same problem (I was just about to post a new thread!!). I know my code compiles under VC++ 2003, so if anyone can help me out too I'd appreciate it. Using VC++ 2005 Express, PSDK and ant to build (Yes it is possible!!).
Have you copied the Bin, Include, and Lib directories from "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK" to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK", or are you just trying to get it to use older header files from previous compiler versions?

What I did was create an empty Win32 app and just get that to compile first.
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Quote:Original post by iMalc
Have you copied the Bin, Include, and Lib directories...


They are in my enviornment varibles, the compiler would give out if they were not with an error like "Can't find header"

We don't seem to be the only ones having this problem:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=63785&SiteID=1
http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=59ae7810ce8a421c0a23336c5725f672&topic=332.msg2399

[google] got a few more too. I got a Hello world to compile. EDIT: that is a win32 hello world, not a cout.
Found a solution:

Using the Windows Headers

Also:

http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/55/278819.aspx

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=148345&SiteID=1 - This one seems to do the trick



[Edited by - pkelly83 on November 29, 2005 4:01:29 AM]

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