cannot create pre-compiled; code in header

[rozzay]

Good morning,

I am having a problem with the error messsage "cannot create pre-compiled; code in header" the error points to the syntax below where the { starts:

#include <iostream.h>
#include "student.h"
#include <string.h>

student::student(char name[]) //constructor
{
count++; //increment count
studentID = count;
strcpy(fname, name);
}

What did i do wrong?

 

[onrdbandit]

Howdy,

I get that message all the time. I can see no real pattern to it... Sometimes I open projects and Borland throws that message, then the next time it wont.

I don't know if it is a bug or what, but I wouldn't worry about it...

onrdbandit

 

[Totte]

As i read it the compiler complains that the "student.h" has code in it that depends upon variables external to "student.h".

I might be off target but it's what i read from that.

The very idea in making classes is that they're self-contained and thus independant of the rest of the project but they CAN of course be an integral part and use global variables and such.

Totte

 

[bNasty]

After you finish with editing "student.h" file, put it above #pragma hdrstop directive

 

[hstijnen]

The first thing I do when creating a new project is setting the option Pre-compiled headers to None (in tab Compiler in Project options) and deleting all *.csm files. I've only troubles with it.

 

[bNasty]

Everything is just fine with precompiled-headers! And it speeds-up compiling significatnly!
All you have to do is to :

- include system header files above #pragma hdrstop
- include your header files (frequently changed) below #pragma hdrstop

and it should be fine!

 

[hstijnen]

Thanks. I'll try it.