include msxml couse compilation error PLEASE HELP

Hi.

I'm spending too much time on this problem and yet have no results.

My problem is a simple one.
I want to use the xml parse, so I'm trying to add
#include <msxml.h> to .h file in my dll project, so I can use the IXMLDOMsomething.
But thane these compilation error are generated:

error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'IXMLDOMImplementation'

fatal error C1004: unexpected end of file found

Without this #include there is no compilation error at all. So it's not a problem in my code like "#ifndef #endif problem which is typical to error C1004.

Please help it's very important.
Thanks Itzik.

try this instead

place in stdafx.h

#import <msxml.dll> named_guids
using namespace MSXML;

and the following in main or function

Code:

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        HRESULT hr;
        IXMLDOMDocumentPtr m_plDomDocument;
        IXMLDOMElementPtr m_pDocRoot;

        hr = m_plDomDocument.CreateInstance( CLSID_DOMDocument );
        if (FAILED(hr))
        {
                _com_error er(hr);
                cout << er.ErrorMessage() << endl;
                return 1;
        }
       
        // specify xml file name
        CString strFileName ("D:\\TEST2.xml");

        // convert xml file name string to something COM can handle (BSTR)
        _bstr_t bstrFileName;
        bstrFileName = strFileName.AllocSysString();

        // call the IXMLDOMDocumentPtr's load function to load the XML document
        _variant_t vResult;
        vResult = m_plDomDocument->load( bstrFileName);
        if( (!(bool)vResult) )
        {
                cout << endl << "XML Document FAILED to load!" << endl;
                return 1;
        }

        // now that the document is loaded, we need to initialize the root pointer
        m_pDocRoot = m_plDomDocument->documentElement;

        cout << endl << "XML Document loaded successfully!" << endl;

        int nRecords = 0;
        for( IXMLDOMNodePtr pChild=m_pDocRoot->firstChild; NULL!=pChild; pChild=pChild->nextSibling )
        {
                nRecords++;
        }
       
        cout << endl << "Total Records: " << nRecords << endl;

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Why this code doesn't work? Do you have any idea?

// Parser.h /////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "X3DParser.h"
#include <msxml.h>

// This class is exported from the X3DParser.dll
class X3DPARSER_API CX3DParser {
public:
CX3DParser(){};
virtual ~CX3DParser(){};
// TODO: add your methods here.

protected:
IXMLDOMDocument* m_pDoc;
IXMLDOMNodeList* m_pNodeList;
IXMLDOMNode* m_pNode;
};

this seems something like the problem I had,

you may want to try changing the project settings under the tag c/c++ --- category: precompiled headers

select: not using precompiled headers.

in my case it helped.

Check the header file like "stdafx.h". This may have an entry like #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN

If this WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN is defined some of the header files which are rarely used do not get included. Removing this entry may help.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by prasad_chawak

Check the header file like "stdafx.h". This may have an entry like #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN

If this WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN is defined some of the header files which are rarely used do not get included. Removing this entry may help.

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well done prasad. You're right.