Compile errors, STL, Visual Studio 2005
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I included the six recommended TinyXML header and cpp files in my project within Visual Studio 2005. I am including the tinyxml.h header in my files where it is necessary. I am using the STL and following the instruction of adding the #define TIXML_USE_STL line at the top of the tinyxml.h file. However, I am still getting compile-time errors from tinyxml.cpp and notice that the TIXML_USE_STL macro does not appear highlighted as if it isn't getting defined somehow. Here is a snippet of my compile-time errors:
1>Compiling…
1>Settings.cpp
1>EntryComponent.cpp
1>tinyxmlparser.cpp
1>tinyxmlerror.cpp
1>tinyxml.cpp
1>.\External\tinyxml.cpp(41) : error C3861: 'fopen_s': identifier not found
1>.\External\tinyxml.cpp(113) : error C2664: '_snprintf_s' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'const char ' to 'size_t'
1> There is no context in which this conversion is possible
1>.\External\tinyxml.cpp(686) : error C2664: '_snprintf_s' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'const char ' to 'size_t'
1> There is no context in which this conversion is possible
1>.\External\tinyxml.cpp(708) : error C2664: '_snprintf_s' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'const char ' to 'size_t'
1> There is no context in which this conversion is possible
1>.\External\tinyxml.cpp(1241) : error C3861: 'sscanf_s': identifier not found
1>.\External\tinyxml.cpp(1248) : error C3861: 'sscanf_s': identifier not found
1>.\External\tinyxml.cpp(1257) : error C2664: '_snprintf_s' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'const char ' to 'size_t'
1> There is no context in which this conversion is possible
1>.\External\tinyxml.cpp(1268) : error C2664: '_snprintf_s' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'const char ' to 'size_t'
1> There is no context in which this conversion is possible
1>tinystr.cpp
I have combed through the forums and have not been able to locate a similar article/problem.
Can someone please help?
Actually, as I continue trying to solve this problem, I am beginning to wonder if it has anything at all to do with TIXML_USE_STL and may have more to do with #includes and/or other #defines. I am still puzzled as to what I'm missing or doing wrong.
Would still appreciate anyone's thoughts/comments.
I think I may have solved the original compile-time errors I reported. I discovered that in my project, there is a .vsprops file that had the following PreprocessorDefinition set: __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__=0 This apparently was not letting the secure library to be included/compiled and available. I changed the value from 0 to 1 and the errors are now gone.
However, I believe my original problem still exists, namely, that I don't think I am compiling TinyXML with STL. Again, I have tried adding the #define TIXML_USE_STL and even added it as a PrecompiledDefinition. I do not see any compile errors in trying to use the TiXmlDocument constructor that accepts a string as argument, but I don't see any section where TIXML_USE_STL is referenced as highlighted as if it isn't being compiled. Also, I notice that my application is compiling tinystr.cpp which I don't think it should if I'm compiling with STL.
Would still like to hear back from someone on this subject.
have you tried defining TIXML_USE_STL in preprocessor section instead of the code?
it might be your IDE messed up with the parsing priority
Yes, and it seems the problem is that the Visual Studio compiler is attempting to compile tinystr.cpp because I have it added to my project. Once I remove that file from the project, it no longer compiles it. Since I define TIXML_USE_STL as a preprocessor definition, my project doesn't require tinystr.cpp to compile.
The confusion was over two things:
1) when I saw compiler errors I was misled in believing that TIXML_USE_STL was not working because tinystr.cpp was being compiled and Visual Studio was not correctly highlighting the sections of code where #ifdef TIXML_USE_STL was present.
2) yet the compiler errors seemed to be unrelated to TIXML_USE_STL (which they were, see above regarding .vsprops file).