MSDN Example not working...

Hey guys,

I'm trying to figure out a way to sort things in ListView. Eventually I'm going to want to add something along the lines of:

Name W L D Points
Joe 5 1 2 12
Bob 4 2 1 9

etc... and be able to sort on W, L, D, and Points.


I found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816183 on the MSDN site and have been trying to implement it. I set up everything, change to /clr:oldSyntax the way it describes, and try compiling, and it doesn't want to work.

The errors are:

Code:

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c:\documents and settings\chris d\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\q816183\q816183\Form1.h(22) : error C2059: syntax error : 'public'
c:\documents and settings\chris d\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\q816183\q816183\Form1.h(22) : error C2059: syntax error : 'public'
c:\documents and settings\chris d\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\q816183\q816183\Form1.h(23) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'
c:\documents and settings\chris d\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\q816183\q816183\Form1.h(23) : error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)
.\Q816183.cpp(9) : error C2065: 'array' : undeclared identifier
.\Q816183.cpp(9) : error C2275: 'System::String' : illegal use of this type as an expression
.\Q816183.cpp(9) : error C2059: syntax error : '>'
.\Q816183.cpp(10) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'
.\Q816183.cpp(10) : error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)

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and Form1.h is below. Line 22 that it mentions is the line with public ref class Form 1 : ...

Code:

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#pragma once
#include "ListViewColumnSorter.h"

namespace Q816183 {

        using namespace System;
        using namespace System::ComponentModel;
        using namespace System::Collections;
        using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
        using namespace System::Data;
        using namespace System::Drawing;

        /// <summary>
        /// Summary for Form1
        ///
        /// WARNING: If you change the name of this class, you will need to change the
        ///          'Resource File Name' property for the managed resource compiler tool
        ///          associated with all .resx files this class depends on.  Otherwise,
        ///          the designers will not be able to interact properly with localized
        ///          resources associated with this form.
        /// </summary>
        public ref class Form1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form
        {
    private: ListViewColumnSorter *lvwColumnSorter;
        public:
                Form1(void)
                {
                        InitializeComponent();
                        //
                        //TODO: Add the constructor code here
                        //
                        // Create an instance of a ListView column sorter and assign it
// to the ListView control.
lvwColumnSorter = new ListViewColumnSorter();
listView1->ListViewItemSorter = lvwColumnSorter;
                }

        protected:
                /// <summary>
                /// Clean up any resources being used.
                /// </summary>
                ~Form1()
                {
                        if (components)
                        {
                                delete components;
                        }
                }
        private: System::Windows::Forms::ListView^  listView1;
        protected:

        private:
                /// <summary>
                /// Required designer variable.
                /// </summary>
                System::ComponentModel::Container ^components;

#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code
                /// <summary>
                /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
                /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
                /// </summary>
                void InitializeComponent(void)
                {
                        this->listView1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ListView());
                        this->SuspendLayout();
                        //
                        // listView1
                        //
                        this->listView1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(67, 29);
                        this->listView1->Name = L"listView1";
                        this->listView1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(399, 345);
                        this->listView1->TabIndex = 0;
                        this->listView1->UseCompatibleStateImageBehavior = false;
                        this->listView1->ColumnClick += gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ColumnClickEventHandler(this, &Form1::listView1_ColumnClick);
                        //
                        // Form1
                        //
                        this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(6, 13);
                        this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;
                        this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(568, 402);
                        this->Controls->Add(this->listView1);
                        this->Name = L"Form1";
                        this->Text = L"Form1";
                        this->Load += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::Form1_Load);
                        this->ResumeLayout(false);

                }
#pragma endregion
        private: System::Void Form1_Load(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) {

                                ColumnHeader *columnheader;                // This is used for creating column headers.
ListViewItem *listviewitem;                // This is used to create ListView items.
listView1->Enabled = true;

// Make sure that the view is set to show details.
listView1->set_View(System::Windows::Forms::View::Details);


// Create some ListView items that include first and last names.
listviewitem = new ListViewItem("John");
listviewitem->SubItems->Add("Smith");
this->listView1->Items->Add(listviewitem);

listviewitem = new ListViewItem("Brian");
listviewitem->SubItems->Add("Lloyd");
this->listView1->Items->Add(listviewitem);

listviewitem = new ListViewItem("Kimberly");
listviewitem->SubItems->Add("Zimmerman");
this->listView1->Items->Add(listviewitem);

listviewitem = new ListViewItem("Tamara");
listviewitem->SubItems->Add("Johnson");
this->listView1->Items->Add(listviewitem);
                                               
// Create some column headers for the data.
columnheader = new ColumnHeader();
columnheader->Text = "First Name";
this->listView1->Columns->Add(columnheader);

columnheader = new ColumnHeader();
columnheader->Text = "Last Name";
this->listView1->Columns->Add(columnheader);

// Loop through and size each column header to fit the column header text.
IEnumerator* iEnum = this->listView1->Columns->GetEnumerator();
while(iEnum->MoveNext())                               
{

        ColumnHeader *ch;
        ch = __try_cast<ColumnHeader*>(iEnum->Current);
        ch->set_Width(-2);
}
                        }
        private: System::Void listView1_ColumnClick(System::Object^  sender, System::Windows::Forms::ColumnClickEventArgs^  e) {
                                // Determine if the clicked column is already the column that is being sorted.
if ( e->Column == lvwColumnSorter->SortColumn )
{
        // Reverse the current sort direction for this column.
        if (lvwColumnSorter->Order == SortOrder::Ascending)
        {
                lvwColumnSorter->Order = SortOrder::Descending;
        }
        else
        {
                lvwColumnSorter->Order = SortOrder::Ascending;
        }
}
else
{
        // Set the column number that is to be sorted. By default, this is in ascending order.
        lvwColumnSorter->SortColumn = e->Column;
        lvwColumnSorter->Order = SortOrder::Ascending;
}

// Perform the sort with these new sort options.
listView1->Sort();
                        }
};
}

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I didn't look at the example u mentioned but i know this, the codes in MSDN are generally written for VC++ 2003, so u must implement the new changes in 2005.

Most of your source code is using the new C++/CLI syntax (ref class etc.) which is confusing the compiler.

I recommend switchting the project settings back to the new syntax (i.e. Safe MSIL Common Language Runtime Support (/clr:safe)) and then in your source code change each * to ^ and each new to gcnew.