Thread: function-definition is not allowed here ?

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    function-definition is not allowed here ?

    Code:
    LRESULT CALLBACK MDIChildWndProc (HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) 
    {
    	switch(msg)
    	{
    
    ....
    
    BOOL SetUpMDIChildWindowClass(HINSTANCE hInstance)
    {
    	WNDCLASSEX wc;
    
    	wc.cbSize		 = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    i am getting a function-definition is not allowed here before '{' token
    in many lines like the above two using dev-cpp
    i do not understand why. i do this with borland meow and it compiles fine.
    so what do i have to do to get these functions to work with dev-cpp?

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    "function definition not allowed here" sounds like you have a mismatched brace situation.

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    are all brackets closed properly and all headers have proper ; at the end?
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    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
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    I'd put a few pence on vart's second suggestion, actually: missing semicolon in a header file.

    And I don't think dev-cpp is part of the problem at all - it's 99.999% sure to be some coding problem.

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    thank you. checking....

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    i commented out a bunch of lines and one of } but not one of { these. that did it.

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