Hi everybody,
Perhaps this question is obvious, but I spent whole day trying to make
it work to no avail.

Here is the scenario:
I am using VC++ .Net, Forms. I created a simple Form project, dropped
couple of controls on the form. Now I am trying to call
GetProfileSection(...) to read values from .ini file. IDE seems to
know this function, since it shows parameter list as a tooltip as soon
as I type "GetProfileSection(".

But when I am trying to build it, I am getting "GetProfileSection:
identifier not found..." error. GetProfileSection is declared in
winbase.h, but if I try to add #include <winbase.h>, I am getting 78
errors in winbase.h, which cannot be true. Same happens with calls to
other functions, declared in other headers.

I was trying to find an explanation on a web but couldn't, although
there must be some simple explanation.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Viktor

Below is a top portion of my Form1.h, (the unit that contains buttons'
OnClick events etc, where I am trying to call GetProfileSection)

#pragma once

namespace Test1
{
#include<string.h>
#include <winbase.h> // Is this correct place to include .h?

using namespace System;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
using namespace System:ata;
using namespace System:rawing;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;

Viktor,
> Hi everybody,
> Perhaps this question is obvious, but I spent whole day trying to make
> it work to no avail.
>
> Here is the scenario:
> I am using VC++ .Net, Forms. I created a simple Form project, dropped
> couple of controls on the form. Now I am trying to call
> GetProfileSection(...) to read values from .ini file. IDE seems to
> know this function, since it shows parameter list as a tooltip as soon
> as I type "GetProfileSection(".
>
> But when I am trying to build it, I am getting "GetProfileSection:
> identifier not found..." error. GetProfileSection is declared in
> winbase.h, but if I try to add #include <winbase.h>, I am getting 78
> errors in winbase.h, which cannot be true. Same happens with calls to
> other functions, declared in other headers.
>
> I was trying to find an explanation on a web but couldn't, although
> there must be some simple explanation.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Viktor
>
> Below is a top portion of my Form1.h, (the unit that contains buttons'
> OnClick events etc, where I am trying to call GetProfileSection)
>
> #pragma once
>
> namespace Test1
> {
> #include<string.h>
> #include <winbase.h> // Is this correct place to include .h?

Don't include winbase.h, instead include windows.h. Also, move the #includes
to outside of the namespace declaration. In fact, you'd do better off just
moving them altogether to your stdafx.h precompiled header, it should speed
up your compile times.

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Tomas Restrepo
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Viktor wrote:
> GetProfileSection is declared in
> winbase.h, but if I try to add #include <winbase.h>, I am getting 78
> errors in winbase.h, which cannot be true.

> Below is a top portion of my Form1.h, (the unit that contains buttons'
> OnClick events etc, where I am trying to call GetProfileSection)
>
> #pragma once
>
> namespace Test1
> {
> #include<string.h>
> #include <winbase.h> // Is this correct place to include .h?

Don't ever put an #include inside a namespace. All the included stuff
will be inside the namespace Test1, which is not where it is supposed to
be. Move the #includes to global scope, before "namespace Test1".

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David Olsen
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