Commctrl.h in Dev c++

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Ive got a problem with Dev-c++ and the INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX command
after attaching all the libarays and header files assoicted with this command I still get the Error :

Parse error before   ;
but the line is legal global identifier

This even happens after dling the latest header anmd libary files for dev  

can somebody plz help me

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Show us the code.

Kip

[Nobody/Anonymous]

#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>
#include <stdio.h>

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowFunc(HWND,UINT,WPARAM,LPARAM);

char szWinName[]="MyWin";        /* name of window clas */

/* Globals        */
HINSTANCE hInst;
HWND hwnd;
HWND hTabWnd;

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInst,HINSTANCE hPrevInst,LPSTR lpszArgs,int nWinMode)
{
    MSG msg;
    WNDCLASSEX wcl;
    INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX cc;

    /* Define a window class. */
    wcl.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);

    wcl.hInstance=hThisInst;        /* handle to this instance    */
    wcl.lpszClassName=szWinName;    /* window class name         */
    wcl.lpfnWndProc=WindowFunc;        /* window function            */
    wcl.style=0;                    /* default style            */

    wcl.hIcon=LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_APPLICATION);    /* standard icon    */
    wcl.hIconSm=LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_WINLOGO);        /* minimized icon    */
    wcl.hCursor=LoadCursor(NULL,IDC_ARROW);        /* cursor style        */

    wcl.lpszMenuName=NULL;            /* no menu                    */
    wcl.cbClsExtra=0;                /* no extra info needed        */
    wcl.cbWndExtra=0;                /* no extra info needed        */
   
    /* white window background */
    wcl.hbrBackground=(HBRUSH) GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);   

    /* register window class */
    if(!RegisterClassEx(&wcl)) return 0;

    /* create a window of the type just registered */
    hwnd=CreateWindow(
        szWinName,                /* name of window class */
        "Using Tab controls",    /* title                */
        WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,    /* window style normal    */
        CW_USEDEFAULT,            /* X coordinate - let Windows decide    */
        CW_USEDEFAULT,            /* Y coordinate - let Windows decide    */
        CW_USEDEFAULT,            /* width - let Windows decide            */
        CW_USEDEFAULT,            /* height - let Windows decide            */
        HWND_DESKTOP,            /* no parent window                        */
        NULL,                    /* no menu                                */
        hThisInst,                /* handle of this program instance        */
        NULL);                    /* no additional arguments                */

    /* Initialize the common controls    */
    cc.dwSize=sizeof(INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX);
    cc.dwICC=ICC_TAB_CLASSES;
    InitCommonControlsEx(&cc);

    hInst=hThisInst;    /* Save the current instance handle        */

    /* display the window    */
    ShowWindow(hwnd,nWinMode);
    UpdateWindow(hwnd);

    /* create the message loop    */
    while(GetMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0))
    {
        TranslateMessage(&msg);        /* translate keyboard messages    */
        DispatchMessage(&msg);        /* return control to Windows    */
    }
    return msg.wParam;
}

    /* function called by Windows, passed messages from the message queue    */
    LRESULT CALLBACK WindowFunc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
    {
        NMHDR *nmptr;
        int tabnumber;
        HDC hdc;
        char str[80];
        TCITEM tci;
        RECT WinDim;
       
        switch(message)
        {
            case WM_CREATE:
                GetClientRect(hwnd,&WinDim);    /* get size of parrent window    */

                /* create a tab control        */
                hTabWnd=CreateWindow(
                    WC_TABCONTROL,
                    "",
                    WS_VISIBLE|WS_TABSTOP|WS_CHILD,
                    0,0,WinDim.right,WinDim.bottom,
                    hwnd,
                    NULL,
                    hInst,
                    NULL);
               
                tci.mask=TCIF_TEXT;
                tci.iImage=-1;

                tci.pszText = "Justin";
                TabCtrl_InsertItem(hTabWnd,0,&tci);

                tci.pszText = "Do";
                TabCtrl_InsertItem(hTabWnd,1,&tci);

                tci.pszText = "This";
                TabCtrl_InsertItem(hTabWnd,2,&tci);

                break;
            case WM_NOTIFY:        /* Process a tab change        */
                nmptr=(LPNMHDR)lParam;
                if(nmptr->code == TCN_SELCHANGE)
                {
                    tabnumber = TabCtrl_GetCurSel((HWND)nmptr->hwndFrom);
                    hdc = GetDC(hTabWnd);
                    sprintf(str,"Do this and show the number %d",tabnumber+1);
                    SetBkColor(hdc,RGB(200,200,100));
                    TextOut(hdc,40,100,str,strlen(str));
                    ReleaseDC(hTabWnd,hdc);
                }
                break;
            case WM_DESTROY:    /* terminate the program    */
                PostQuitMessage(0);
                break;
            default:
                /* let Windows prcess any messages not in this switch statement    */
                return DefWindowProc(hwnd,message,wParam,lParam);
        }
        return 0;
    }

now ive complied this in MVC++ and it works it also works in LCC-win32 but dev keeps saying parse error before
';' on the line INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX cc;

[Kip]

Yeah, the InitCommonControlsEx() function doesn't exist in the mingw headers / libs. You might want to try getting the common control header update off of vUpdate. If it still doesn't work, just you InitCommonControls(). That is what I use and it works fine. Good luck =)

Kip