ID Number: Q83644
1.00
WINDOWS
buglist1.00
Summary:
PROBLEM ID: QCW9204005
SYMPTOMS
When using the QuickCase:W (QCASE:W) utility that comes with the
Microsoft QuickC for Windows (QC/Win) Graphical Development
Environment version 1.0, adding unlinked dialog boxes to a file
that already contains unlinked dialog boxes may generate the
following error when the file is later compiled in QC/Win:
error C2059: syntax error : '{'
CAUSE
The code for calling an unlinked dialog box is placed within a
preprocessor block delimited by a #if statement so that the code is
not compiled until it is moved to a useful location. If the code is
moved and the #if statement is deleted, QuickCase:W does not put
the #if statement back into the code, and the above error is
generated when the file is compiled.
The code generated for unlinked dialog boxes should have the
following format:
#if 0
{
/* Code for unlinked dialog box (may be multiple blocks) */
}
#endif
After moving the code and deleting the #if...#endif section, adding
new unlinked dialog boxes using QuickCase:W and updating the code
causes the unlinked dialog box section to be placed in the source
in the following manner (the #if 0 is missing):
{
/* Code for unlinked dialog box (may be multiple blocks */
}
#endif
RESOLUTION
To work around the problem, either add the #if 0 before the
unlinked dialog section or move the code to the desired locations
(deleting the #endif) before compiling.
Another solution is to leave the #if...#endif statements in the
file when editing unlinked dialog boxes. QuickCase:W puts the new
unlinked dialog box code within these preprocessor blocks when
updating, thereby allowing the compiler to successfully exclude
them from the compilation process until the user places them into
the correct location within his or her code.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in QuickC for Windows
version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here as it becomes available.
More Information:
To reproduce the problem, do the following:
1. Using the Dialog Editor, create a dialog box.
2. Using QuickCase:W, create a prototype that uses an unlinked dialog
box. Save and build the prototype by choosing Generate from the
Build menu.
3. Using QC/Win, move the unlinked dialog box code to the desired
location in your code. Delete the #if 0 and #endif statements. Save
the edited source file.
4. Using QuickCase:W, add another unlinked dialog box to the project
and build it by choosing Update from the Build menu.
5. Enter QC/Win and edit the source file. You will see that the code
for the new unlinked dialog box has been placed in the file without
the #if 0 statement.
Additional reference words: quickcase qcasew quick qcwin qcw