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  • S Stuart Dootson

    Well - that tells you where the CollectionPtr comes from - it's a VB thing. OK, in that case you can explicitly define CollectionPtr yourself (look at how it's defined in the msvbvm60.tlh file) and remove the auto_search from the #import statement.

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    snouto
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    how can i redefine explicitly that struct my friend , i don't get you well

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      please my friend , can you explain in more detail i am not c++ savvy be patient please with me i searched that file but i didn't find _CollectionPtr i found that struct __declspec(uuid("a4c46780-499f-101b-bb78-00aa00383cbb")) _Collection : IDispatch { // // Wrapper methods for error-handling // _variant_t Item ( VARIANT * Index ); HRESULT Add ( VARIANT * Item, VARIANT * Key = &vtMissing, VARIANT * Before = &vtMissing, VARIANT * After = &vtMissing ); long Count ( ); HRESULT Remove ( VARIANT * Index ); IUnknownPtr _NewEnum ( ); // // Raw methods provided by interface // virtual HRESULT __stdcall raw_Item ( /*[in]*/ VARIANT * Index, /*[out,retval]*/ VARIANT * pvarRet ) = 0; virtual HRESULT __stdcall raw_Add ( /*[in]*/ VARIANT * Item, /*[in]*/ VARIANT * Key = &vtMissing, /*[in]*/ VARIANT * Before = &vtMissing, /*[in]*/ VARIANT * After = &vtMissing ) = 0; virtual HRESULT __stdcall raw_Count ( /*[out,retval]*/ long * pi4 ) = 0; virtual HRESULT __stdcall raw_Remove ( /*[in]*/ VARIANT * Index ) = 0; virtual HRESULT __stdcall raw__NewEnum ( /*[out,retval]*/ IUnknown * * ppunk ) = 0; };

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      Stuart Dootson
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      snouto wrote:

      i searched that file but i didn't find _CollectionPtr

      You won't find that explicitly. You'll find something like COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(_Collection, __uuidof(_Collection));

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      • S snouto

        how can i redefine explicitly that struct my friend , i don't get you well

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        Stuart Dootson
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        Don't be so fscking impatient - you'll find it just irritates the people who are trying to help you.

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        • S Stuart Dootson

          Don't be so fscking impatient - you'll find it just irritates the people who are trying to help you.

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          snouto
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          i am sorry my friend , i found that struct __declspec(uuid("a4c4671c-499f-101b-bb78-00aa00383cbb")) Collection; and that _COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(_Collection, __uuidof(_Collection)); so what can i do by this thing now

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          • S Stuart Dootson

            Don't be so fscking impatient - you'll find it just irritates the people who are trying to help you.

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            snouto
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            Where can i put that line my friend ? _COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(_Collection, __uuidof(_Collection)); in Resumemirror.tlh just before the line with the error or where exactly ????

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            • S Stuart Dootson

              Don't be so fscking impatient - you'll find it just irritates the people who are trying to help you.

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              snouto
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              stuart please give me a full solution , i don't get you well my friend

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              • S snouto

                i am sorry my friend , i found that struct __declspec(uuid("a4c4671c-499f-101b-bb78-00aa00383cbb")) Collection; and that _COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(_Collection, __uuidof(_Collection)); so what can i do by this thing now

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                Stuart Dootson
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                Put these two lines:

                struct __declspec(uuid("a4c4671c-499f-101b-bb78-00aa00383cbb"))
                Collection;

                _COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(_Collection, __uuidof(_Collection));

                in your .cpp file before the #import line. You probably need the definition (as opposed to declaration of _Collection as well - is there another definition of _Collection later in the tlh file, or in the tli file? If so - you need that

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                • S Stuart Dootson

                  Sounds like it has dependencies on another COM object. Try adding 'auto_search' to your #import statement - that will attempt to resolve dependencies such as this without you having to alter your code by implicitly importing the other libraries that are required:

                  #import "some-comm-item" auto_search

                  HTH!

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                  Vozzie2
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                  I had the same problem importing msado15.dll, a solution was found on some Chinese forum[^], adding rename("EOF", "adoEOF") on the end of the import statement line for example,

                  #import "c:\program files\common files\system\ado\msado15.dll" no_namespace rename("EOF", "adoEOF")

                  In my case the error was raised on a line inside msado15.tlh with folowing code

                  __declspec(property(get=GetEOF))
                  VARIANT_BOOL EOF;

                  So i suppose the conflict was on EOF being defined multiple times, and the rename solves this. HTH,... ;)

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                  • V Vozzie2

                    I had the same problem importing msado15.dll, a solution was found on some Chinese forum[^], adding rename("EOF", "adoEOF") on the end of the import statement line for example,

                    #import "c:\program files\common files\system\ado\msado15.dll" no_namespace rename("EOF", "adoEOF")

                    In my case the error was raised on a line inside msado15.tlh with folowing code

                    __declspec(property(get=GetEOF))
                    VARIANT_BOOL EOF;

                    So i suppose the conflict was on EOF being defined multiple times, and the rename solves this. HTH,... ;)

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                    Stuart Dootson
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                    Yes, I discovered that was the root cause as well - it was the same issue with the VB run-time - it defines EOF as well. I'd have found that out if I'd made a little sample app (as I often do), but as I do not have (and, given the opportunity, will never have) VB6 on my machine, I thought I wouldn't be able to import the VB6 run-time. I must confess that I decided not to post this alternate solution, as the OP seemed...satisfied, and I don't like adding confusion :-) Thanks for your post, anyway!

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                    • S Stuart Dootson

                      Yes, I discovered that was the root cause as well - it was the same issue with the VB run-time - it defines EOF as well. I'd have found that out if I'd made a little sample app (as I often do), but as I do not have (and, given the opportunity, will never have) VB6 on my machine, I thought I wouldn't be able to import the VB6 run-time. I must confess that I decided not to post this alternate solution, as the OP seemed...satisfied, and I don't like adding confusion :-) Thanks for your post, anyway!

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                      Vozzie2
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                      Now i'm confused :laugh: ;)

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                        Now i'm confused :laugh: ;)

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                        Stuart Dootson
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                        I worked out that renaming things in the #import was the right solution (rather than the hack I suggested) well after my previous posts in this thread - that's why I didn't re-post and suggest it.

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