How to resolve the VS2008 compile errors in io.h file

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Hi im trying to build a project in VS2008, i got these errors

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Error   1   error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '['
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\io.h    185 lmlib
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Error   7   error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\io.h    192 lmlib
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Error	600	fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'X11/keysym.h': No such file or directory	c:\Users\vijay\Desktop\gpsrc_git\trunk\GridPro\az\util\system.h	18	azlib

this project works fine in VS2005,when im trying to build in VS2008 errors are coming
can anyone tell me how to resolve these errors ,thanks in advance

Posted 24-Jan-13 23:20pm

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CHill60 25-Jan-13 6:45am

Check the header file that you've included in your source immediately before io.h - particularly the last characters. I've come across a similar issue where there was a typo in the preceeding header, and also where someone had hit a random key when typing in the include - error was reported further down

Matthew Faithfull 25-Jan-13 9:20am

CHill60 is probably right. This is definitely a header issue before io.h. Probably an inclusion order/path priority problem. Something trying to include an X11 header during a Windows build could indicate you've got a multiplatform project that confused between Windows and Linux builds which could also be caused by the order of include paths being searched. Have a look at the include folders in you IDE or -I entries in your Make file. Make sure all the 'system' ones i.e. built in ones from Visual Studio and Microsoft SDK's come before any of the project specific ones like C:\Users...\GridPro\ or relative ones like ..\..\include

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Albert Holguin · Answer 1 · 2013-01-25T08:03:00

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Error 1 error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '['
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\io.h 185 lmlib

Usually when you get this type of error, it means that you have something that is not defined before it is used (specially when it occurs in a standard VC include file. If something is not defined, the problem is usually that the order of inclusion of header files is not right somewhere. It could also be caused by erroneous code before the inclusion of io.h as stated in the comments above.