Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #600: VC8 can't find windows.h even though environment is correct!

bsdfan3 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:31:46 GMT

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Turns out the problem in that case is #include "windows.h"
instead of #include <windows.h> . D'oh.  However, there are
spots that have the same problem (in various Boost::Threads
files) and use the latter #include syntax...I can't see why
the header isn't being found in the latter case.
P.S. compiling the patched exception.cpp causes VC8 to
reject one of its own headers (sal.h)...

nobody — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:38:31 GMT

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I had to download PSDK separately and then modify the
vc-8_0-tools.jam file to tell cl.exe where to find these
files. E.g.
flags vc-8_0 C++FLAGS : /I\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft
Platform SDK\\Include\" ;
Arguably a small bug the jam file or at least the
documentation for the vc8 build.

owner, status changed; severity set

Marshall Clow — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:35:26 GMT

owner changed from beman_dawes to Beman Dawes
status assigned → new
severity → Showstopper

assigning to actual user "bemandawes" instead of unknown user "beman_dawes"

status, resolution, description changed; milestone set

Beman Dawes — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:25:44 GMT

status new → closed
resolution None → fixed
description modified (diff)
milestone → Boost 1.35.0

For 1.35.0, all the filesystem and system includes use <...>. I'll watch the tests to see if this causes any problems. On that basis, I'm marking this as fixed.

If it turns out there is a jam issue, I'll forward an error report to those folks.