VC Express and COM problems

[RYoung]

Hi all,

Using VC Express Beta 2,

Just a simple class so far cause I can't get past this error:

error C3861: 'CoInitialize': identifier not found

public ref class Class1
{
public:
Class1()
{
CoInitialize( NULL );
}
};

Thats it.

Any help is appreciated,
Ron

[Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]]

Re: VC Express and COM problems

Hi RYoung!
[color=blue]
> Using VC Express Beta 2,
>
> Just a simple class so far cause I can't get past this error:
>
> error C3861: 'CoInitialize': identifier not found[/color]

Have you installed the Platform SDK?
The PSDK ist not installed by the VC Express 2005 Edition!

See: PSDK ISO Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...6-9DA2B03D9B92

See: Set VC++ Directories in Options dialog (Visual C++ Express)

http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2995

--
Greetings
Jochen

My blog about Win32 and .NET

http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/

[RYoung]

Re: VC Express and COM problems

Hi,
I got the PSDK installed, and went through the steps
to set the directories for the express editions, about that though - I
merely appended the path to the PSDK include/lib dirs to what was already in
the config file:
Heres a partial snip:

<Directories
Include="C:\Pro gram Files\Microsoft Platform
SDK\Include;$(V CInstallDir)inc lude;C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0
SDK (April
2005)\Include;$ (VCInstallDir)a tlmfc\include;$ (VCInstallDir)P latformSDK\incl u
de;$(VCInstallD ir)PlatformSDK\ common\include; $(FrameworkSDKD ir)include"
Library="C:\Pro gram Files\Microsoft Platform
SDK\Lib;$(VCIns tallDir)lib;$(V CInstallDir)atl mfc\lib;$(VCIns tallDir)atlmfc\ l
ib\i386;$(VCIns tall

Anyways, I did all that, then tried to build the project and got the error I
mentioned below.
Does that look alright?

- RYoung

"Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]" <nospam-Jochen.Kalmbach @holzma.de> wrote in message
news:OhaKkIkeFH A.228@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...
[color=blue]
> Have you installed the Platform SDK?
> The PSDK ist not installed by the VC Express 2005 Edition!
>
> See: PSDK ISO Download
>[/color]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...6-9DA2B03D9B92[color=blue]
>
> See: Set VC++ Directories in Options dialog (Visual C++ Express)
> http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/Sho...px?PostID=2995
>
> Greetings
> Jochen
>
> My blog about Win32 and .NET
> http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/[/color]

[RYoung]

Re: VC Express and COM problems

I think I got it, I used Project->Properties to paste the path to the PSDK
include/lib and DirectX include dirs, and it seems to be working now. I'll
mess with the .config file some more and see if I can get that working, but
thanks for putting me on the right path.

Ron

"Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]" <nospam-Jochen.Kalmbach @holzma.de> wrote in message
news:OhaKkIkeFH A.228@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi RYoung!
>[color=green]
> > Using VC Express Beta 2,
> >
> > Just a simple class so far cause I can't get past this error:
> >
> > error C3861: 'CoInitialize': identifier not found[/color]
>
> Have you installed the Platform SDK?
> The PSDK ist not installed by the VC Express 2005 Edition!
>
> See: PSDK ISO Download
>[/color]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...6-9DA2B03D9B92[color=blue]
>
> See: Set VC++ Directories in Options dialog (Visual C++ Express)
> http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/Sho...px?PostID=2995
>
> --
> Greetings
> Jochen
>
> My blog about Win32 and .NET
> http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/[/color]