multiple compiling errors with basic C++ application on VS2010 Beta 1

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I just recently installed VS2010 Beta 1 from the Microsoft website , I started a basic C++ Win32 Console Application , that generated the following code:

#include "stdafx.h"


int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{

return 0;
}

I tried compiling the code just to see how it runs and just then I encountered several(over a 100) compiling errors.

Here is the first part of the build output:

1>ClCompile:
1>  stdafx.cpp
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(520): error C2065: '_In_opt_z_' : undeclared identifier
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(520): error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before 'const'
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(520): warning C4229: anachronism used : modifiers on data are ignored
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(520): error C2182: '_invalid_parameter' : illegal use of type 'void'
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(520): error C2491: '_invalid_parameter' : definition of dllimport data not allowed
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(520): error C2059: syntax error : ')'
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(527): error C2065: '_In_opt_z_' : undeclared identifier
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(527): error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before 'const'
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\crtdefs.h(527): warning C4229: anachronism used : modifiers on data are ignored

pastebin for the full list

I thought maybe the include files got mixed up by some other compiler version I have installed previously( I have VS 2008 as well) so I reinstalled VS2010 just to overwrite the headers but that didn't do much.

Thanks in advance for any help you might offer as I am helpless

compilation visual-studio-2010 c++
12 Answers

The problem is here: C:\WinDDK\6001.18001\inc\api\sal.h

sal.h defines annotations, which are being used in the CRT headers... The DDK includes its own sal.h, which is obsolete and dones not contain all the annotations.

There are 2 possible solutions: - change the include paths so that the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include" comes before "C:\WinDDK\6001.18001\inc\api"

  • just delete "C:\WinDDK\6001.18001\inc\api\sal.h" :)
Admin1

I had the same problem after adding the path to the DDK directory in the project property pages under

Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Additional Include Directories

After changing the location to

Configuration Properties -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories

and adding the path to the DDK after $(IncludePath) everything worked fine.

Juriy Petrochenkov was on the right track with his remark, so I rechecked where I have added the DDK directory to, and, lo and behold, it was the wrong one. Thank's Juriy!

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