Thread: Yet Not!!

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    Yet Not!!

    I was just compiling afx.h which i got from net. and another error pops up. Its linking error

    gcc: Compilation of header file requested
    gcc: file path prefix `C:\DEV-C_~1\Bin\' never used
    I compile usinf mingw compiler with dev c++ ver. 4.00
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    It would be unusual for a header (.h) file to compile by itself. Normally a header file includes a coressponding .c file, and possibly other .h files, which themselves include their .c files.

    Because afx.h is NOT part of the C++ standard library, so I doubt anybody knows what it is, what compilers work with it, or what other files / libraries are required along with it.

    Here is some information from the Programming FAQ about why you generally can't use someone elses header files.

    And, also from the Programming FAQ, about using multiple source files.
    Last edited by DougDbug; 07-17-2003 at 01:38 PM.

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    Normally a header file includes a coressponding .c file, and possibly other .h files, which themselves include their .c files.
    You've got that backwards.
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