error C3861: 'InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount': identifier not found

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Hooyoo - 06 Aug 2007 08:03 GMT

I have included windows.h, but it still says
'InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount': identifier not found. Why?
any ideas?

Thanks.

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Jochen Kalmbach [MVP] - 06 Aug 2007 08:20 GMT

Hi Hooyoo!

> I have included windows.h, but it still says
> 'InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount': identifier not found. Why?
> any ideas?

From documentation:
<quote>
To compile an application that uses this function, define _WIN32_WINNT
as 0x0403 or later.
</quote>

Greetings
Jochen

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David Lowndes - 06 Aug 2007 08:23 GMT

>I have included windows.h, but it still says
>'InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount': identifier not found. Why?
>any ideas?

If you've got stdafx.h, try removing the following line if you have
it.

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN

Also note that MSDN says:

"To compile an application that uses this function, define
_WIN32_WINNT as 0x0403 or later"

Dave

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Hooyoo - 07 Aug 2007 05:06 GMT

> >I have included windows.h, but it still says
> >'InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount': identifier not found. Why?
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> Dave

Yes, thank you very much. It works now. ^_^

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error C3861: 'InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount': identifier not found

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