InitCommonControlsEx and Dev-cpp

Hi,

I am trying to get a program that I wrote in MSVC to work in Dev-cpp (I don't have my MSVC with me at the mo).

I just can't get InitCommonControlsEx to work. I have:

Code:

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#include <commctrl.h>

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Code:

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INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX iccx;
        TBADDBITMAP          tbab, tbabmove;
        TBBUTTON            tbb[5];
                TBBUTTON                        tbbmove [6];
        //first load in the common controls dll, specifying the toolbar control wnd class
        iccx.dwSize = sizeof(INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX);
        iccx.dwICC = ICC_BAR_CLASSES;
        InitCommonControlsEx(&iccx);

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and

'-lcomctl32' written in the 'linker' box on the 'parameters' tab of the project option dialog box.

When I compile I just get :

Quote:

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2028 C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\Personal Organiser\Address Book.cpp
`INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX' undeclared (first use this

2033 C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\Personal Organiser\Address Book.cpp
`iccx' undeclared (first use this function)

2035 C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\Personal Organiser\Address Book.cpp
`InitCommonControlsEx' undeclared (first use this

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I even went into commctrl.h and copy and pasted:

Code:

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typedef struct tagINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX {
        DWORD dwSize;
        DWORD dwICC;
} INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX,*LPINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX;

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and

Code:

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BOOL WINAPI InitCommonControlsEx(LPINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX);

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into my .cpp file (I was desperate at this point). It then compiled but I just got a linker error (InitCommonControlsEx@0)

edit: also, my compile include paths are the correct ones i.e. c:\DEV-CPP\include etc. I didn't install it into a different directory.

Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks


Bring back MSVC
:rolleyes:

From my Dev-Cpp commctrl.h file:

Code:

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#ifndef _WIN32_IE
/* define _WIN32_IE if you really want it */
#if 0
#define _WIN32_IE        0x0300
#endif
#endif
...
#if (_WIN32_IE >= 0x0300)
typedef struct tagINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX {
        DWORD dwSize;
        DWORD dwICC;
} INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX,*LPINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX;
#endif

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As for the linker error...did you extern "C" {} your desperate declaration of InitCommonControlsEx()? ;)

gg

Code:

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#define _WIN32_IE 0x0400 /* min */
#include <commctrl.h>

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For code that uses common controls intended for MinGW compilation I normally use:

Code:

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#if defined __MINGW_H
#define _WIN32_IE 0x0400
#endif

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