extremely odd error, i mean maximum extremeness oddness error

[Leeman_s]

here is one my .h files:

#define IDR_MYMENU 101
#define IDI_MYICON 102
#define ID_FILE_EXIT 103


#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        103
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         40004
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1000
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
#endif
#endif

I try and run my program, and I get an error that says "Unexpected end of file found" and it pointed to the last line of that header file where is says "#endif".

I keep trying to run it and get the same error. Now, to fix it I had to first change that file to:

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        103
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         40004
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1000
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
#endif
#endif

#define IDR_MYMENU 101
#define IDI_MYICON 102
#define ID_FILE_EXIT 103

i run it, and get the same error. Now, I change that file to:

#define IDR_MYMENU 101
#define IDI_MYICON 102
#define ID_FILE_EXIT 103

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        103
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         40004
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1000
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
#endif
#endif

Now, this is the same file I had in the beginning, and all of the sudden WOOOOO! It works!

how the heck does that happen? just from moving a chunk of text to the end, and back to the beginning fixes it?

could someone please explain this?

[J.J.]

I get the same error with my header files sometimes. What I do is to add '{'s around the #defines, which gives other errors, then remove the '{'s and it works fine.
Must be an error similar to the no floating point library loaded thing, where you have to add a floating point operation you dont need just to get the thing to work.

[Codulation]

Leeman_s, What compiler are you using?

[Ken Fitlike]

>>What compiler are you using?<<

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        103
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         40004
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1000
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
#endif
#endif

Looks like the unmistakeable junk msvc adds to a resource script.

Another workaround for such intermittent behaviour is to close project, delete the *.aps file, reopen your project and rebuild.