Template compilation problem

[Adriano Coser]

Hello.

I'm trying to compile a DLL with Visual C++ .NET 2003 and I'm facing
an error declaring template variables with prototypes.

I don´t know if I'll be able to explain my scenario, but let's try.

The class TSample has a pointer (my smart pointer implementation) to a
IList (an indirect list based on the same smart pointers) to the type
TFontCache.

I don't want to include the header file for TFontCache, so I'm just
prototying it. This always worked on C++ Builder, but on VC++ the
compiler I got compiler errors when I include Sample.h on a CPP that
doesn't include the header for TFontCache.

If I remove the __declspec(dllexport) for TSample, the CPP compiles
with no errors.

Does the __declspec(dllexport) cause the template "creation" on the
header?

================================================== =====
#ifndef __Sample_h
#define __Sample_h

#include <IList.h>

class TFontCache;

class __declspec(dllexport) TSample : public QiObject
{
public:
TSample();

private:
pointer<TIList<TFontCache> > fonts;
};

#endif __Sample_h
================================================== =====

Some CPP:
#include "Sample.h"

Simply including Sample.h causes error on the CPP compilation.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards,
Adriano.