"Andrew McNab" wrote:

> I haven't used C since 2003 but when I did, I always used <windows.h> for
> bool. You could try Bool, Boolean, boolean. If all else fails, at the top of
> the header type:
>
> #undef bool
> #typedef bool blah blah blah
>
> "rseedle" wrote:
>
> > I have some old C code which I am migrating to a new project which has in the
> > past done a typedef to define bool. Upon migrating to VS2005 I see that bool
> > is an internal data type. Ok, so I comment out the typedef for the bool. What
> > I see is that prototypes which use bool now cause an error. For instance:
> >
> > bool DebugTxDone(void);
> >
> > Now causes the errors:
> >
> > c:\fmp1_10_source\debug.h(74) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier
> > 'DebugTxDone'
> > c:\fmp1_10_source\debug.h(74) : error C2059: syntax error : ';'
> > c:\fmp1_10_source\debug.h(74) : error C2059: syntax error : 'type'
> >
> > or using a bool as a parameter type causes the error:
> >
> > c:\fmp1_10_source\debug.h(76) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ')'
> > before identifier 'var'
> > c:\fmp1_10_source\debug.h(76) : error C2081: 'bool' : name in formal
> > parameter list illegal
> > c:\fmp1_10_source\debug.h(76) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'var'
> > c:\fmp1_10_source\debug.h(76) : error C2059: syntax error : ';'
> > c:\fmp1_10_source\debug.h(76) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
> >
> > I have tried adding
> >
> > #include <windows.h>
> >
> > at the top of the file but still recieve the same results. Do you have any
> > suggestions ?
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >