Hello Platform SDK Community! I cannot compile MIDL generated source, and don't know why. I have set up a new, clean development machine (Windows XP Pro SP2, Platform SDK with the included midl and cl compiler, no additional VisualStudio or something -- "bare iron"). First I open a SDK CLI using Start > All Programs > Microsoft Windows SDK > CMD Shell. Using notepad I then create the following FooBar.idl file: import "Unknwn.idl"; [ object, uuid(9c7844f5-9bb6-48e2-94ec-14154d22e281) ] interface IFoo : IUnknown { HRESULT Bar(); }; I can successfully run MIDL to create the source code for a stub / proxy dll: C:\FooBar>midl FooBar.idl Microsoft (R) 32b/64b MIDL Compiler Version 7.00.0499 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation 1991-2006. All rights reserved. Processing .\FooBar.idl FooBar.idl Processing C:\Programme\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Include\Unknwn.idl Unknwn.idl Processing C:\Programme\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Include\wtypes.idl wtypes.idl Processing C:\Programme\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Include\basetsd.h basetsd.h Processing C:\Programme\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Include\guiddef.h guiddef.h But when I try to compile it using the included CL, it tells me: C:\FooBar>cl dlldata.c Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.42 for 80x86 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. dlldata.c dlldata.c(24) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'PROXYFILE_LIST_START' dlldata.c(24) : error C2059: syntax error : ';' dlldata.c(31) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'DLLDA TA_ROUTINES' dlldata.c(38) : fatal error C1004: unexpected end-of-file found In fact I do not understand that it tells me that the PROXYFILE_LIST_START macro is not defined, since actually it is defined in rpcproxy.h (which is the very start of the dlldata.c file, which I certainly did NOT change). The rpcproxy.h file IS found (I renamed it to check that and THEN cl says rpcproxy.h is not found). Can somebody tell me what my fault is? Thanks a lot! Markus
