expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '('

I keep on getting an error "expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token expected `,' or `;' before '(' token " I cannot seem to get passed this, any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>


using namespace std; 


//
// Structure to hold a letter and the number of times it has occurred
//

const int MAX_LETTERS = 26 ;

struct letterCount
{
  char letter;
  int count;
  int count_caps;	// number of capital occurrences

};




int static	openFile (FILE*& in ,FILE*& ot) ;

void static count (letterCount* a, FILE*& fin, int& td, int& w_num, unsigned int& line) ;
void static printResult (letterCount a[], FILE*& out, int total_digits, int w_num, unsigned int& line) ;

int main()
{
	letterCount counts[MAX_LETTERS];
	int total_digits ;
	int w_num ;
	unsigned int line;

	FILE* in;
	FILE* out;

	memset (counts, 0x00, sizeof(counts)) ;

	if ( 0 > (openFile (in , out))) 
	{
		getch() ;
		return -1 ;
	}

	total_digits = 0 ;
	w_num = 0; 
	line = 0 ;
	count (counts, in, total_digits, w_num, line) ;

	printResult (counts, out, total_digits, w_num, line) ;

	getch() ;

	return 0 ;
}



printf("The Input file has %d words\n", w_num);
	fprintf(out, "\nThe Input file has %d words\n", w_num);

	printf("The Input file has %d lines\n", line);
	fprintf(out, "\nThe Input file has %d lines\n", line);




void static count (letterCount* a, FILE*& fin, int& td, int& w_num, unsigned int& line) 
{
	char ch, ch1;
	unsigned int i=0, minLine=0, minChars=65535, maxLine=0, maxChars=0, totChars=0;
	int w_state ;								// 0 - not-word; 1-word;
	line = 0 ;
	td = 0 ;									// total number of digits

	w_num = 0 ;
	w_state = 0 ;								// idle, looking for word start
	i = 0;
	ch = fgetc(fin);
	while (ch != EOF){							/* Read until EOF is reached */

		if (isalnum (ch)) 
		{
			if (0 == w_state) 
			{
				w_state = 1 ; // started word
			}
		}
		else 
		{
			if (1 == w_state)
			{
				w_state = 0 ;					// idle, looking for word start			
				w_num++ ; 	
			}
		}


		if (isalpha (ch)) 
		{
			int up = isupper (ch) ? 1 : 0 ;
			ch1 = ch ;
			int idx = tolower(ch1) - 'a' ;
			a [idx].count++ ;
			a [idx].letter = ch1 ;
			a [idx].count_caps += up ;
		}
		else 
		{
			if (isdigit (ch)) 
			{
				td++ ;
			}
		}

		i++;									/* Count the characters*/
		ch = fgetc(fin);
		if ( ch=='\n'){
			line++;								/* increment when a newline is found*/
			totChars += i-1;					/* Correction for \n (newline) character*/

			if (i<minChars){
				minChars = i;
				minLine = line;
			}
			else if (i>maxChars || minChars>maxChars){
				maxChars = i;
				maxLine = line;
			}

			i = 0;
		}

	}

	if (i > 0) // last line may not have \n (newline) character
	{
		line++; /* increment when a newline is found*/
		totChars += i; /* Note, no \n (newline) character*/
		
		if (1 == w_state) 
			w_num++ 
		;

		if (i<minChars){
			minChars = i;
			minLine = line;
		}
		else if (i>maxChars || minChars>maxChars){
			maxChars = i;
			maxLine = line;
		}

		i = 0;
	}

	/* The file has been read */
	// printf("\nThe Input file has %d lines\n", line);



int static	openFile (FILE*& in ,FILE*& out) 
{
	char name [256];

	cout << "Enter input file name:" << endl ;
	cin.getline(name, 255);

	in = fopen(name,"r");
	
	if (!in) 
	{	// printf ("File \"input.txt\" was not opened!\n") ;
		cout << "File " << name << " was not found!" << endl ;
		return -1 ;
	}

	cout << "Enter output file name:" << endl ;
	cin.getline(name, 255);

	out = fopen(name,"w");
	
	if (!out) 
	{	
		cout << "File " << name << " could not be created!" << endl ;
		return -1 ;
	}

}

Make up your mind if this is C or C++.

A line number would be nice, as well.

Lines 65, 66, 68, 69

You have code that is placed outside a function. That is illegal. It must be within a function.

Make up your mind if this is C or C++.

Quoted for truth.