Problem migrating from VC V6

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Rob C - 29 Jun 2004 21:24 GMT

I have a C++ application using MFC that was developed
under VS V6.

I tried to migrate it over to VSNET 2003 by copying over
all teh source and then letting VSNET convert the project
file. When I built the application, I get a compile error
telling me that the Win SDK call "GetDefaultPrinter" is
not defined. I know that it is in my SDK because it
builds fine under V6. I know that GetDefaultPrinter was
not supported under some older OP Systems so it is
probably a flag that is preventing that chunk of the SDK
to be loaded. I am knew to the <NET environment and
wasn't sure where to check for this or what needed to be
set/unset, etc.

Also, Are there any additional runtime files that need to
be distributed with the executable that were not required
under V6 (e.g., a newer MFC runtime).

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

-Rob

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Phil Wilson - 30 Jun 2004 01:42 GMT

You're not actually doing much that I'd call ".NET". You're still building
MFC C++ in pretty much the same way as VS 6.0, so you might be missing the
directory includes. There appears to be no WINVER setting around
GetDefaultPrinter as far as I can tell (looking at Winspool.h, and assuming
you've included Windows.h somewhere).

You'll need MFC71.DLL and some others - see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore/html/vco
riredistributingmfcatloledbtemplatesapplications.asp

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> I have a C++ application using MFC that was developed
> under VS V6.
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> -Rob

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