Subj : difficulty with macros in Borland C++ 5.02
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "trevor Arsenault" <trevora@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Date : Fri Sep 05 2003 12:23 pm

I am having difficulty translating code from VC++ to Borland recieving
various error in standard header files.

DWORD_PTR ve_valueptr;      line 107
is the line located in WINDDK\2600\INC\WXP\winreg.h
the error message is:
Error:  winreg.h(107,26):Type name expected
Error:  winreg.h(107,26):Declaration missing ;
As this is a standard header file in the DDK I don't want to begin editing
it. I have included windows.h so the macros should be understood, however,
no luck so far. DWORD is accepted but not DWORD_PTR there are multiple other
errors such as:
Error:  winreg.h(145,12):'HKEY' cannot start a parameter declaration
 found on the following lines

WINADVAPI
LONG
APIENTRY
RegCloseKey (
    IN HKEY hKey
    );

so I assume it is just a macro not understood in the borland enviornment but
do not wish to redeclare all macro's again...if it really is a macro issue
as now I'm a little unsure.

I don't explicitly include winreg.h it is implicitly included in another
header header file that I have not been able to track down.

Thank you for any assistance
Trevor Arsenault

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