Problem with #import

[Susanne F]

Hejsan,

I have a little problem with importing msxml3.dll.
It has worked fine in both Windows Me and Windows NT but when I try to compile with a Windows 2000 computer I get lots of errors.

I do the import like this:
#import "msxml3.dll" named_guids raw_interfaces_only rename_namespace("xml")


And the errors looks like this:
...\debug\msxml3.tlh(172) : error C2059: syntax error : '__uuidof'
...\debug\msxml3.tlh(173) : error C2059: syntax error : '__uuidof'

and so on.

The code looks like this:
_COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(IXMLDOMImplementation, __uuidof(IXMLDOMImplementation));
_COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(IXMLDOMNode, __uuidof(IXMLDOMNode));
_COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(IXMLDOMNodeList, __uuidof(IXMLDOMNodeList));
_COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap, __uuidof(IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap));

and so on.

What could be wrong?

[Subramanianbinu]

Were u able to solve this? I too am getting a similar problem.

[Susanne F]

No, I still don't know whats wrong.

[eahmed]

Try adding these two lines to the StdAfx.h file:

// Add the following line before any #include or #import statements
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x500

// Add the following line after other #include statements...
#import <msxml3.dll> raw_interfaces_only,named_guids



Also make sure that msxml3.dll is *not* in the same directory as the application you're attempting to compile. Using the angle brackets < > instead of the quotes ensures that you #import the installed version of msxml3.dll.


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[Susanne F]

Thanks for your answer!

The errors is now fewer but it still dosen't work.

The errors looks like this:

Compiling...
StdAfx.cpp
c:\mina tester\senaste servercomklar\debug\msxml3.tlh(172) : error C2059: syntax error : '__uuidof'
c:\mina tester\senaste servercomklar\debug\msxml3.tlh(173) : error C2059: syntax error : '__uuidof'
c:\mina tester\senaste servercomklar\debug\msxml3.tlh(174) : error C2059: syntax error : '__uuidof'
... a lot more the same...
c:\mina tester\senaste servercomklar\debug\msxml3.tlh(1811) : error C2065: 'vtMissing' : undeclared identifier
c:\mina tester\senaste servercomklar\debug\msxml3.tlh(1811) : error C2440: 'default argument' : cannot convert from 'int' to 'struct tagVARIANT'
No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous
c:\mina tester\senaste servercomklar\debug\msxml3.tlh(1812) : error C2440: 'default argument' : cannot convert from 'int' to 'struct tagVARIANT'
No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous
c:\mina tester\senaste servercomklar\debug\msxml3.tlh(1813) : error C2440: 'default argument' : cannot convert from 'int' to 'struct tagVARIANT'
No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous
c:\mina tester\senaste servercomklar\debug\msxml3.tlh(1823) : error C2440: 'default argument' : cannot convert from 'int' to 'struct tagVARIANT'
No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous
Error executing cl.exe.
Creating browse info file...
BSCMAKE: error BK1506 : cannot open file '.\Debug\Blowfish.sbr': No such file or directory
Error executing bscmake.exe.

Tprog.exe - 64 error(s), 0 warning(s)

[eahmed]

Very strange. Did you clen all files using the Build\Clean menu option?

If that does not work, exit Visual Studio, delete the NCB file, and try again (also clean the files again just to be sure).

If those two options don't work, create a new project and add your existing files to it and try it again.

If you're still having problems, make sure that msxml3.dll is properly installed. There's a trick to get it to work properly that's documented at msdn.microsoft.com. You need to download a tool called xmlinst.exe that changes the installation of msxml3.dll.



Essam Ahmed
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