Urlmon.idl problem

[Mats]

I need to compile a dll in Visual C++. All my attempts however end with the error:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE\urlmon.idl(535) : error MIDL2025 : syntax error : expecting a type specification near "DWORD"

First I thought it might have something to do with my code, but a few tests showed that this error occurs no matter what I try to compile. I downloaded a new version of urlmon.idl from Microsoft but without success.

Does anyone know what's going on?

Thanks,
Mats

 

[Cagliostro]

use int instead of DWORD. John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[Mats]

Where? In urlmon.idl? The code that I'm trying to compile is generated automatically, so I don't really know what's going on there, but as far as I have been able to see there's no direct references to urlmon.idl. I must unfortunately admit that I know *very* little about C++, VB is more in my style...

Mats

 

[Cagliostro]

yes John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[Mats]

It didn't really have the effect I hoped for. After changing DWORD to INT the same error occured for the next DWORD in the file - so I changed that one to, but the problem just kept repeating for every DWORD - so I changed them all. Now it's giving the same error for HANDLE_PTR.

Somehow I don't think I can go around changing all these without it having an effect on the programs performance. I don't know why this urlmon.idl is needed in the compilation process.

Mats

 

[Cagliostro]

try to
typedef int DWORD;
or
#define int DWORD John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[Mats]

Thanks for all the help, but Microsofts support solved this one: It seems that there is a well known bug in the software that causes this problem if the input locale is not English. We had our computers with Finnish input locales and changing that to English solved the problem.

Mats

 

[Cagliostro]

try to import stdole32.tlb and I think everything will be ok. John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md