Im having problems with compiling my project under MSVC 2005. I included "winsock2.h" only once and linked with "ws2_32.lib" but I get loads of errors (no idea why):
etc..Code:c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock2.h(112) : error C2011: 'fd_set' : 'struct' type redefinition c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock.h(54) : see declaration of 'fd_set' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock2.h(147) : warning C4005: 'FD_SET' : macro redefinition c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock.h(88) : see previous definition of 'FD_SET' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock2.h(156) : error C2011: 'timeval' : 'struct' type redefinition c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock.h(97) : see declaration of 'timeval' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock2.h(212) : error C2011: 'hostent' : 'struct' type redefinition c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock.h(153) : see declaration of 'hostent' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock2.h(225) : error C2011: 'netent' : 'struct' type redefinition c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock.h(166) : see declaration of 'netent' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock2.h(232) : error C2011: 'servent' : 'struct' type redefinition c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock.h(173) : see declaration of 'servent' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock2.h(244) : error C2011: 'protoent' : 'struct' type redefinition c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winsock.h(185) : see declaration of 'protoent'
What is the cause of this?