Re: Redefinition and other errors
Rayne wrote:
Hi all,
I'm sorry, but this is going to be a long post, because I'm trying to
be as detailed as possible. I'm running the code on Visual Studio .NET
2003. The entire project has 28 header files, and corresponding .c
files where applicable. I'm new to programming in Windows, and I'm
getting confused with all the different Windows header files that seem
to be causing these errors. I'm going to split the post into 2 since
it is long.
The 28 self-defined header files (A.h - Z.h, AA.h, BB.txt) are listed
below, showing what other header files are included. All header files
have #include guards.
A.h
----
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <Ws2tcpip.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curses.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <strsafe.h>
#include "X.h"
#include "AA.h"
#include "R.h"
B.h
----
#include "X.h"
#include "M.h"
C.h
----
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "M.h"
D.h
----
No #includes
E.h
----
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <strsafe.h>
#include "D.h"
#include "R.h"
F.h
----
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
G.h
----
#include <time.h>
#include <curses.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <pcap.h>
#include "A.h"
H.h
----
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pcap.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <strsafe.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include "D.h"
#include "U.h"
#include "F.h"
#include "BB.txt"
#include "M.h"
#include "R.h"
I.h
----
#include "V.h"
#include "Y.h"
#include "K.h"
#include "J.h"
J.h
----
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <vector>
#include "X.h"
K.h
----
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <Ws2tcpip.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "L.h"
#include "X.h"
L.h
----
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
M.h
----
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include "X.h"
N.h
----
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "X.h"
#include "A.h"
#include "P.h"
O.h
----
#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <pcap.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <strsafe.h>
#include "Z.h"
#include "K.h"
P.h
----
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include "X.h"
Q.h
----
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include "K.h"
#include "V.h"
#include "C.h"
#include "S.h"
#include "I.h"
R.h
----
#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <strsafe.h>
S.h
----
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windef.h>
T.h
----
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <pcap.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <strsafe.h>
#include "V.h"
#include "Y.h"
#include "W.h"
#include "Q.h"
#include "N.h"
#include "G.h"
#include "A.h"
U.h
----
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
V.h
----
#include "K.h"
#include "O.h"
#include "B.h"
#include "I.h"
#include "M.h"
W.h
----
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include "K.h"
#include "Q.h"
X.h
----
No #includes
Y.h
----
#include "K.h"
#include "O.h"
#include "B.h"
#include "S.h"
#include "I.h"
#include "M.h"
Z.h
----
#include <Windows.h>
#include <time.h>
#include "X.h"
AA.h
-----
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <WS2tcpip.h>
#include <Windows.h>
BB.txt
-------
No #includes
Rayne:
I would recommend
1. Including windows.h before other windows headers
2. Including windows headers before standard library headers
3. Using a precompiled header file, at least for the windows headers. The
precompiled header file should appear as the first #include in each .c file.
--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
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