Re: identifier not found error, undeclared identifier

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++,microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc,microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi,microsoft.public.windowsxp.wmi
Date:
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:37:35 +0100
Message-ID:
<54eoehF2072pnU1@mid.individual.net>
* aarthi28@gmail.com:

Hi,


Hi.

PLEASE DON'T CROSSPOST TO ENVIRONMENT-SPECIFIC GROUPS AND CLC++.

Follow-ups set for pure C++ responses.

I have this code that I am trying to compile, but I am getting the
following errors

'CoInitializeSecurity': identifier not found


This means you haven't declared that identifier, most probably you've
forgotten to include some header.

'EOAC_NONE' : undeclared identifier


Ditto.

I have pasted the code below

// Using_WMI1.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console
application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "wbemidl.h"
#include <comdef.h>


None of these are standard C++ headers. Most probably the intention is
that "stdafx.h" should drag in the headers you're missing. Update that
file to include the relevant headers (it's also a good idea to turn off
precompiled header support for your project -- the vendor-specific
variant you're using confuses novices endlessly, allows incorrect code
to compile, and sometimes means correct code doesn't compile).

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW


Redefining a C++ keyword means your code has undefined behavior if it
uses anything from the standard library. And since it apparently uses
'new'...

#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

void OnButtonGetinfo()
{
    // TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
    CoInitialize(NULL);

Although environment-specific, this is a library initialization call.
It's generally unsafe to initialize libraries later than the start of
'main'. In particular, experience with this library is that late
initialization is extremely unsafe -- don't do it.

[snip]

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


This is not a standard C++ startup function.

Moreover it's braindead even for this program's intended environment.

Use standard 'main'.

Any help I can get will be appreciated. Thanks


You're welcome.

Cheers,

- Alf

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