Very strange error

[Joel Holdsworth]

I have this very wierd error message in Visual C++ Express 2005:

1>.\UIEvents.cpp(252) : error C2860: 'void' cannot be an argument type, except for '(void)'
1> This diagnostic occurred while importing type 'VLCWPF::SkinInterface::PlaylistItem ' from assembly 'VLCWPF, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.

Here's the offending code:

InputItem *inputitem = item->get_InputItem();

What's most wierd to me is that I can't find anywhere where this mysterious void could be coming from. The class InputItem is very simple, so I can't see why it would have problems:

public class InputItem
{
    public InputItem(string name, string uri, string\[\] inputOptions, int id, InputInterface.InputType inputType)
    {
        this.name = name;
        this.uri = uri;
        this.inputOptions = inputOptions;
        this.id = id;
        this.inputType = inputType;
    }

    public InputItem(string name, string uri) :
        this(name, uri, null, 0, InputInterface.InputType.Unknown)
    {

    }

    public string Name
    {
        get { return name; }
        set { name = value; }
    }

    public string Uri
    {
        get { return uri; }
        set { uri = value; }
    }

    protected string name;
    protected string uri;
    protected string\[\] inputOptions;
    protected int id;
    protected InputInterface.InputType inputType;
}

Can anyone make any suggestions? I can't figure out for the life of me what could cause this. Joel Holdsworth

[George L Jackson]

First of all, your InputItem class looks like C#. Assuming the class is located in a C# assembly, your problematic code should look like something like this: InputItem ^inputitem = item->get_InputItem(); The "*" is for unmanaged code.

[Saksida Bojan]

George L. Jackson wrote:

The "*" is for unmanaged code.

And for old Managed c++

[John L DeVito]

You're using 2 different languages here. I don't know that C# has a dereference operator, except in unsafe blocks. Thanks, John

[George L Jackson]

I almost forgot! The "get_" in "item->get_InputItem()" may also be a problem!