No windows.h file

DarkstarsDad · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 20:33 Post subject: No windows.h file

I am using Visual C++ 2005 express edition and trying to compile the demo plugin but i continue to get a fatal error on compile. It cant find the windows.h file that is referenced as an include. do i need that file? or is that something leftover from the VB6? Any help would be appreciated.

BTW heres the link to the new express edition VB from microsoft. (free stuff from microsoft Go Figure)

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/

It shows as VB8
I know that the windows.h file is suppposed to be on the windows machine but i cant get it to find it.
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JeroenB · Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 228 Location: Netherlands

You also have to download the platform SDK to compile the sources. You can download it from here. When you installed it, you have to point the include and library directories in the options dialog (tools -> options, projects and solutions -> VC++ Directories) of VS2005 to the place where you installed the platform sdk, use the correct subdirectories.

[EDIT] It has nothing to do with VB. The windows.h header file is the standard include file for programming windows applications. It defines all kinds of constants, and includes all important header files needed for windows programming.

DarkstarsDad · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 13:32 Post subject: Thanks.

Thanks jeroen I knew I was missing something simple. Its always the little stuff.

edit** That was it I knew it was something simple Thanks again.
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Xildjian · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 100

Oh wow, I didn't know MS offered these.
How do they work as far as programming and debugging goes? Are they fully functional or limited functionality?

Gonna have to check these out.
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DarkstarsDad · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 21:56 Post subject: so far they are the full versions.

I'm new to this level of programming but cant find anything i cant do yet. found a few buggy header files in the SDK files but thats another program.
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JeroenB · Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 228 Location: Netherlands

The Express editions are a bit limited in functionality. You can't for example visually create dialogs etc (no resource editor).

DarkstarsDad: about those problems, I would have a look at them and see what is causing those problems. I haven't seen those errors before, but that can be, because we never compiled nwnx using it Smile

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DarkstarsDad · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 18:07 Post subject: Declared depreciated?

Jeroen the declared depreciated warnings are defined as they are going to change or quit using the function on future editions of it. (according to FAQ at microsoft.)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore/html/vctbsCompilerWarningLevel1C4996.asp

I can get the plugins to compile on this. I just have trouble compiling the Main nwnx program.
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DarkstarsDad · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 23:45 Post subject: Interesting.

Well i figured some of the trouble out. Microsoft is ending support for all VB6 and earlier Programs. So they have forced the SDK to quit using all but the new .NET based functions and controls. Next update will only have the .Net useable coding there will not be any support for anything but the .NET headers and libraries.
Does that mean what I think it does? (rewrite of all vb6 coded programs?) that will be interesting at best. and a nightmare otherwise.
Heres a link to the changes in the language.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vaconprogrammingelementschangesinvb7.asp
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NoMercy · Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 123 Location: UK

Or just stop using VB all together, never liked it :)

I am curious what they mean though by support, hopfully newer versions will still compile the old code, though in my very anti-VB nature, I think people should be moving to other languages whenever there's an opertunity.

dragonsong · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 19 Location: Salinas, CA

VB will not go away so long as there is VBA. There's still hope for OpenOffice.org, though.
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DarkstarsDad · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:39 Post subject: express edition beta 2 released

For those of us that are new to or to broke to pay for it microsoft just released a new beta2 on the express developers series. visual basic tools in c c++ c# and java. free and i think these ones are more workable than the last ones the object data seems to work now (at least better than before)
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/
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JeroenB · Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 228 Location: Netherlands

I am not very fund of this newest release. I've got several annoying problems with it that I didnt have with the previous version. I would recommend waiting with updating for a moment till they fix some bugs.

DarkstarsDad · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 14:27 Post subject: ok

Thanks for the advice jeroen. as a newbie to this i really appreciate it. And Thank you for the Tutorials and help. I have learned alot.
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Snotface · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 5

There seems to be a problem with the Beta 2 release in that when you try to add search directories: Tools->Options->Projects and solutions->VC++Directories, you can pick the platform and the type of files, but there is no where on the screen to actually add the relevant directories.
Am i doing something wrong?

Hope they release a fix soon.

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