can't use FILETIME while writting idl file .

[vijay_k]

I am writting idl file for my project. It is not allowing me to use FILETIME. if I include the windows.h , then it gives me the compiling error like:

1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\winnt.h(280) : error MIDL2003 : redefinition : INT
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\winnt.h(684) : error MIDL2003 : redefinition : Int64ShllMod32
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\winnt.h(684) : error MIDL2025 : syntax error : expecting ; near "{"
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\winnt.h(686) : error MIDL2026 : cannot recover from earlier syntax errors; aborting compilation

If i am not including windows.h , compiler giving me the error:

1>.\TestRPC.idl(178) : error MIDL2025 : syntax error : expecting a type specification near "FILETIME"
1>.\TestRPC.idl(178) : error MIDL2026 : cannot recover from earlier syntax errors; aborting compilation

can anyone tell me how can i resolve this error ? Thanks Vijay_k

[Marcelo Emmerich]

Hi Vijay_k, it's hard to answer this without looking at your code, but is sounds like you are missing a #pragma once or #ifdef... Marcelo

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[Stuart Dootson]

I'm not surprised - header files can't always be #include'd into IDL files. You could try...

1. Copy & paste the definition of FILETIME into your IDL file.
2. FILETIME is really just a 64-bit integer (but defined using a struct because Microsoft C didn't used to have 64 bit integers. IIRC). So, just use an IDL 64 bit integer - I think that's called a hyper? You could then convert to and from FILETIME when calling the functions defined in your IDL.