VC++ 7.1 annoying bug?

[Ioannis Vranos]

Why does this annoying thing happen?



#include <windows.h>

#using <mscorlib.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

int APIENTRY _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPTSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{

}




C:\c>cl /clr temp.cpp
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for .NET
Framework
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved.

temp.cpp
temp.cpp(6) : error C2039: 'Windows' : is not a member of 'System'
temp.cpp(6) : error C2871: 'Forms' : a namespace with this name does not
exist

C:\c>

 

[Steve McLellan]

Hi,

This happens in projects in the IDE when no reference to the DLL has been
added. I think the command line arg is
/FU "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Windows.Forms.dll"
for Forms.

Steve

 

[Ioannis Vranos]

Hi,

This happens in projects in the IDE when no reference to the DLL has been
added. I think the command line arg is
/FU "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Windows.Forms.dll"
for Forms.

Yes after adding a #using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>, this error got
fixed. However other strange errors occurred,and the bottom line is that
we need to use the Windows Form Application project to make things work.



Thanks for the help.

 

[Steve McLellan]

Hi,

That's not true... I've used a Form in a console project. Adding the
reference in Solution Explorer/References did the trick, I didn't need
#using <...Forms.dll>.

Steve

 

[Ioannis Vranos]

Hi,

That's not true... I've used a Form in a console project. Adding the
reference in Solution Explorer/References did the trick, I didn't need
#using <...Forms.dll>.

I assume that these both are equivalent.

 

[Steve McLellan]

Hi,

I don't know whether they're equivalent, but I do know that I've used forms
in console applications. You could look at the command line options that the
IDE gives as a default for a Forms project and see if something else is
different / missing.

Good luck,

Steve