Call setupapi.h functions from VC++.NET win form application

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I am trying to migrate from an MFC application (GUI witch reads write through a kernel driver to a USB device) to a VC++.NET win form application. But when I include the setupapi.h file in the stdafx.h the following errors are produced

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1>Compiling...
1>stdafx.cpp
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\setupapi.h(60) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\setupapi.h(60) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\setupapi.h(60) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\spapidef.h(23) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'SP_LOG_TOKEN'
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\spapidef.h(23) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\spapidef.h(23) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\commctrl.h(19) : error C2059: syntax error : 'return'
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\prsht.h(97) : error C2065: 'CALLBACK' : undeclared identifier
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\prsht.h(97) : error C2065: 'LPFNPSPCALLBACKA' : undeclared identifier
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\prsht.h(97) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\prsht.h(97) : fatal error C1903: unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation

any help????
Thanks Nick

Posted 24-May-11 20:59pm

osfp7

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-May-11 3:20am

Gosh, what's the use of this dump? Without code... What are you thinking about..?
--SA

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Solution 1

This is beyond good and evil, honestly. Please see my comment to the question.

OK, when it says "missing ;" add ';' where compiler expects it. Make it happy! :-)
After you hit a brick wall, start thinking at the situation, in case you did not switch this function before (well, you don't really need to thing to add all those ';').

C++ compiler messages can be very misleading, don't expect fast resolution. When you exhausted all your possibilities and fail to sort it out, well, ask a real question. It will need some code, of course. :-)

Note: do all us a favor: when you respond, skip the words "I'm new to programming" and the like. Just skip it. This is not an excuse, or just helpless.

—SA

Posted 24-May-11 21:26pm

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osfp7 · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-29T09:30:00

Solution 2

I manage to solve the problem by include the following headers:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <strsafe.h>
#include <setupapi.h>

Regards Nick

Posted 29-May-11 9:30am

osfp7