Subj : SpiderMonkey 1.5 rc5 build error with Visual C++
To   : All
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Mar 04 2003 10:13 pm

prmjtime.c
c:\msvc60\include\winnt.h(3143) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier
'PCONTEXT'
c:\msvc60\include\winnt.h(3144) : error C2059: syntax error : '}'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(715) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier
'LPCONTEXT'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(715) : error C2059: syntax error : ';'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(717) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier
'LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(717) : error C2059: syntax error : ';'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(2057) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ')'
before identifier 'lpContext'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(2057) : error C2081: 'LPCONTEXT' : name in formal
parameter list illegal
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(2057) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier
'lpContext'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(2057) : error C2059: syntax error : ';'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(2058) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(2065) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')'
before '*'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(2065) : error C2143: syntax error : missing '{'
before '*'
c:\msvc60\include\winbase.h(2066) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'

The fix is simple, just replace these two lines:

#include <WINDEF.H>
#include <WINBASE.H>

with:

#include <windows.h>

BTW, this build error did not exist in 1.5 rc4a.

-Rob

                                                 digital man

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