Compiling Help

gh0st16 · #1 21-Jan-2005, 21:04

Ok, so i'm new to C++, and I was looking for a good visual C++ comiler, I was recommended Visual C++ 2005 Express edition beta, I also downloaded and installed some SDK 2.0 beta or whatever, dunno. Anyways, I start everything fine, write a quick hello program and run it, and I get this:

Code:

------ Build started: Project: Project1, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
Compiling...
stdafx.cpp
c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio\Projects\Project1\Project1\stdafx.h(28) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio\Projects\Project1\Project1\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
Project1 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

It says it cant find windows.h, how can I get this to somewhere it will find it?

Note: I searched my computer for it, and I have it and a ton of other header files installed in a different compiler I tried before this one, dunno if I could use them or whatever.

Anyway, I would really appriciate if anyone could help me.

davekw7x · #2 22-Jan-2005, 06:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by gh0st16

Ok, so i'm new to C++, and I was looking for a good visual C++ comiler, I was recommended Visual C++ 2005 Express edition beta, I also downloaded and installed some SDK 2.0 beta or whatever, dunno. Anyways, I start everything fine, write a quick hello program and run it, and I get this:

Code:

------ Build started: Project: Project1, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
Compiling...
stdafx.cpp
c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio\Projects\Project1\Project1\stdafx.h(28) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio\Projects\Project1\Project1\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
Project1 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

It says it cant find windows.h, how can I get this to somewhere it will find it?

Note: I searched my computer for it, and I have it and a ton of other header files installed in a different compiler I tried before this one, dunno if I could use them or whatever.

Anyway, I would really appriciate if anyone could help me.

You need to install a current "Platform SDK" to get the proper header files and libraries. Other header files from a different computer probably won't work.

Go to www.msdn.com and search for 'Platform SDK" Here's a link that I used for Windows XP: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...art_pag e.asp

Regards,

Dave

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