Need help: auto-complete can't find CreateFile

[jsandraw]

when type createfile...., auto-complete just give 'CreateFileMoniker'

but CreateFile can compile and run in the .cpp

How can I set proper for auto-complete to show 'CreateFile'?

[jsandraw]

Can't find CreateFile/CloseHandle, but auto-complete can find ReadFile/WriteFile, s.b. know why?

[Loaden]

when type createfile...., auto-complete just give 'CreateFileMoniker'

but CreateFile can compile and run in the .cpp

How can I set proper for auto-complete to show 'CreateFile'?

I can confirm it. SVN6086


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[ollydbg]

OK, I can confirm this.

This code does not work.

Code

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    CreateFil
    return 0;
}

If you open the CC Debug dialog
see http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Code_Completion_Design#Code-Completion_debug_tool_dialog
, you will notice that "winbase.h" is not in the CC's file list, so this is the reason.

But this code works

Code

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <winbase.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    CreateFi
    return 0;
}

[MortenMacFly]

windows.h should usually be enough. However, you find this section in windows.h:

Code

#ifdef RC_INVOKED
/* winresrc.h includes the necessary headers */
#include <winresrc.h>
#else

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <windef.h>
#include <wincon.h>
#include <winbase.h>
(...)

As CC does not fully support macro handling the first case (as if RC_INVOKED would be defined) is used. Thus the references are incomplete. However, I don't know "who" usually defines this macro. It looks like the resource compiler does so at runtime (compile time).

[MortenMacFly]

BTW:

Concerning macro handling: One thing that could "easily" be done is the following:

Similar like we cache the internal GCC dirs we could also cache the internal macros like this:

Code

gcc -E -dM a_dummy.c

...and similar for g++.

This could be tried to resolve when we come across a macro. We are able to identify the name of the macro already.

...just my 2 cent...

Edit: Hey, this is my 4000th posting!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[ollydbg]

BTW:

Concerning macro handling: One thing that could "easily" be done is the following:

Similar like we cache the internal GCC dirs we could also cache the internal macros like this:

Code

gcc -E -dM a_dummy.c

...and similar for g++.

This could be tried to resolve when we come across a macro. We are able to identify the name of the macro already.

...just my 2 cent...

Great Idea.
I have a discussion with NullWu( who supplied a script engine to handle macros, see Partial C/C++ preprocessor function for codecompletion), I think we can also consider it.
By the way, what does this sentence means "...just my 2 cent.."
Also, I saw some blog about Visual C++ 10's intelligent sense. They can both handle the #if and # else statement.

[jsandraw]

Hey, this is my 4000th posting!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Congratulation, U're the Lucky-MAN. :-)