problem with microsoft C compiler doesn`t accept things gcc does,how to solve? (encoding)

[Michael Reichenbach]

Here is the example code.

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
string Result;
WIN32_FIND_DATA daten;
HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(T EXT("c://test"), &daten);
system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

It works fine with DevCpp and gcc.

The error with microsoft C compiler is that he can`t convert from string
to LPCSTR.

I think the problem is inside the encoding, ansi, unicode, ... Found
some ways to avoid this error but all are not very awesome.

Please tell me the best way to solve this.

[Victor Bazarov]

Michael Reichenbach wrote:

Here is the example code.

"Example"? Of what?

>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])

You're not using 'argc' or 'argv' in your code here, why declare them?

{
string Result;

'string' is undefined.

WIN32_FIND_DATA daten;

'WIN32_FIND_DAT A' is undefined.

HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(T EXT("c://test"), &daten);

'HANDLE' is undefined. 'FindFirstFile' is undefined. 'TEXT' is
undefined.

system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

It works fine with DevCpp and gcc.

I doubt that.

The error with microsoft C compiler is that he can`t convert from
string to LPCSTR.

By "string" do you mean the standard 'string' type? Then yes, there
is no such conversion (even if by 'LPCSTR' you mean 'char const*').

>
I think the problem is inside the encoding, ansi, unicode, ... Found
some ways to avoid this error but all are not very awesome.

Please tell me the best way to solve this.

To solve WHAT?

V
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[Default User]

Michael Reichenbach wrote:

Here is the example code.

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
string Result;
WIN32_FIND_DATA daten;
HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(T EXT("c://test"), &daten);
system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

It works fine with DevCpp and gcc.

That's odd, with gcc I get:

gcct.c: In function `main':
gcct.c:3: error: `string' undeclared (first use in this function)
gcct.c:3: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
gcct.c:3: error: for each function it appears in.)
gcct.c:3: error: parse error before "Result"
gcct.c:4: error: `WIN32_FIND_DAT A' undeclared (first use in this
function)
gcct.c:5: error: `HANDLE' undeclared (first use in this function)
gcct.c:7: error: `EXIT_SUCCESS' undeclared (first use in this function)

The error with microsoft C compiler is that he can`t convert from
string to LPCSTR.

I think the problem is inside the encoding, ansi, unicode, ... Found
some ways to avoid this error but all are not very awesome.

You obviously haven't posted the real code.

Brian

[Michael Reichenbach]

Ok. You got me. :) It`s was not the real code. I always try to cut down
my problem to a minimum so it`s more easy to figure out.

Here is a new example code. I tested it. It works in DevCpp but not in
Visual Studio.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA FindFileData;
HANDLE hFind;
hFind = FindFirstFile(" c://test", &FindFileDat a);
system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

[BobR]

Michael Reichenbach <Re*********@di scardmail.comwr ote in message...

Here is the example code.

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

// string Result; // not defined, not used!

WIN32_FIND_DATA daten;
HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(T EXT("c://test"), &daten);
system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
It works fine with DevCpp and gcc.

Nope!

The error with microsoft C compiler is that he can`t convert from string
to LPCSTR.

std::string Hi( "Hello" );
LPCSTR pHi = &Hi.at(0); // pick one
char const *pHi2 = &Hi.at(0);
LPCSTR pHi3 = Hi.c_str();
..... etc.

I think the problem is inside the encoding, ansi, unicode, ... Found
some ways to avoid this error but all are not very awesome.
Please tell me the best way to solve this.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

int main(){
std::ifstream in( "c:/test" );
if( not in.is_open() ){
std::cout<<"Fil e not found!\n";
}

system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
} // main()

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[sun1991]

The error with microsoft C compiler is that he can`t convert from string
to LPCSTR.

std::string Hi( "Hello" );
LPCSTR pHi = &Hi.at(0); // pick one
char const *pHi2 = &Hi.at(0);
LPCSTR pHi3 = Hi.c_str();

Is it right? I thought Hi.c_str() returns a temporary c-string, it
will be gone when pHi3 try to dereference it?

[=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Erik_Wikstr=F6m?=]

On 2007-07-17 01:45, Michael Reichenbach wrote:

Ok. You got me. :) It`s was not the real code. I always try to cut down
my problem to a minimum so it`s more easy to figure out.

Here is a new example code. I tested it. It works in DevCpp but not in
Visual Studio.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA FindFileData;
HANDLE hFind;
hFind = FindFirstFile(" c://test", &FindFileDat a);
system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

1. Quote the text you are replying to.

2. In what way does it not work in Visual Studio (what version of VS by
the way?), does it kick you in the face or what. Post the error messages
or whatever you get.

See http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...t.html#faq-5.8 for
more info on what to include in your posts.

--
Erik Wikström

[Bo Persson]

sun1991 wrote:
:::: The error with microsoft C compiler is that he can`t convert
:::: from string to LPCSTR.
:::
::: std::string Hi( "Hello" );
::: LPCSTR pHi = &Hi.at(0); // pick one
::: char const *pHi2 = &Hi.at(0);
::: LPCSTR pHi3 = Hi.c_str();
:: Is it right? I thought Hi.c_str() returns a temporary c-string, it
:: will be gone when pHi3 try to dereference it?

It returns a pointer to a C-string (which might be a copy of Hi's
content). The pointer is valid as long as Hi isn't potentially
modified.

Bo Persson

[Zachary Turner]

On Jul 16, 6:45 pm, Michael Reichenbach <Reichenb...@di scardmail.com>
wrote:

Ok. You got me. :) It`s was not the real code. I always try to cut down
my problem to a minimum so it`s more easy to figure out.

Here is a new example code. I tested it. It works in DevCpp but not in
Visual Studio.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA FindFileData;
HANDLE hFind;
hFind = FindFirstFile(" c://test", &FindFileDat a);
system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;

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Do you have UNICODE (or maybe it's _UNICODE, I always forget)
defined? There is no way that code should fail under windows unless
FindFirstFile is expecting a wide character string, and it shouldn't
expect a wide string unless you have _UNICODE or UNICODE defined.

See if the following works:
int main()
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA FindFileData;
HANDLE hFind;
hFind = FindFirstFile(L "c://test", &FindFileDat a); //notice
the L
system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Venturing into off-topicness, but assuming this fixes it, one possible
reason it works with one compiler but not the other could be that
you're defining the preprocessor symbol through your project settings
(Project -Project Propert -C++ -Preprocessor), which obviously
GCC doesn't know about.

The way windows functions work is that there's always 2 versions of
most WinApi functions. One ends with an 'A' and expects char*, the
other ends with a 'W' and expects wchar_t*. Then, based on the value
of various preprocessor symbols, a version of every function with
neither A nor W is #defined to the A or W version. So if you have
UNICODE defined, FindFirstFile actually is FindFirstFileW( wchar_t*,
WIN_32_FIND_DAT A*), and if you don't have UNICODE defined,
FindFirstFile actually is FindFirstFileA( char*, WIN32_FIND_DATA *).
The same is true for many other functions as well.

[Default User]

Michael Reichenbach wrote:

Ok. You got me. :) It`s was not the real code. I always try to cut
down my problem to a minimum so it`s more easy to figure out.

That's a good idea, but what you post has to be a complete program.

Here is a new example code. I tested it. It works in DevCpp but not
in Visual Studio.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA FindFileData;
HANDLE hFind;
hFind = FindFirstFile(" c://test", &FindFileDat a);
system("PAUSE") ;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

This compiled on gcc?
gcct.c:2:21: windows.h: No such file or directory
gcct.c:7: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
gcct.c:8: error: `FindFileData' undeclared here (not in a function)
gcct.c:8: error: initializer element is not constant
gcct.c:8: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
gcct.c:9: error: parse error before string constant
gcct.c:9: warning: data definition has no type or storage class


Brian