Problem with #include "windows.h"

[Momergil]

I'm not sure if that would be a Qt programming question, but anyway.

I want to create a software in Qt that do some things regarding process in Windows (see http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/4964...ocess?p=222983). I'm using Windows API functions to do what I want, at least for the moment.

Now I'ld like to receive some data regarding the RAM memory consumption of a given process, what is taught how to do it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6...side-a-process

In a first moment I tried this codes in Borland C++ Builder; it worked fine.

But when I ctr+c + ctrl+v the API code in Qt, I got some errors; essentially it seems that Qt is not recognizing the presence of the #include "windows.h", so it's not being able to recognize the variables the code needs to work.


Code:

#include "windows.h"
 
/.../
/.../
 
MEMORYSTATUSEX memInfo;
memInfo.dwLength = sizeof(MEMORYSTATUSEX);
GlobalMemoryStatusEx(&memInfo);

#include "windows.h"

/.../
/.../

MEMORYSTATUSEX memInfo;
memInfo.dwLength = sizeof(MEMORYSTATUSEX);
GlobalMemoryStatusEx(&memInfo);

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Errors:

15:20:27: Running build steps for project WD...
15:20:27: Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.
15:20:27: Starting: "C:\QtSDK\mingw\bin\mingw32-make.exe"
C:/QtSDK/mingw/bin/mingw32-make.exe -f Makefile.Debug
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/Endrigo/Desktop/Central350/trunk/central BD novo -v18.2.2/WD'
g++ -c -g -frtti -fexceptions -mthreads -Wall -DUNICODE -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_HAVE_MMX -DQT_HAVE_3DNOW -DQT_HAVE_SSE -DQT_HAVE_MMXEXT -DQT_HAVE_SSE2 -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_NEEDS_QMAIN -I"c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0\mingw\include\QtCor e" -I"c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0\mingw\include\QtGui " -I"c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0\mingw\include" -I"c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0\mingw\include\ActiveQt " -I"debug" -I"." -I"c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0\mingw\mkspecs\win32-g++" -o debug\main.o main.cpp
main.cpp: In function 'int qMain(int, char**)':
main.cpp:28: error: 'MEMORYSTATUSEX' was not declared in this scope
main.cpp:28: error: expected ';' before 'memInfo'
main.cpp:29: error: 'memInfo' was not declared in this scope
main.cpp:30: error: 'GlobalMemoryStatusEx' was not declared in this scope
main.cpp:39: error: 'ui' was not declared in this scope
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/Endrigo/Desktop/Central350/trunk/central BD novo -v18.2.2/WD'
mingw32-make.exe[1]: *** [debug/main.o] Error 1
mingw32-make.exe: *** [debug] Error 2
15:20:29: The process "C:\QtSDK\mingw\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building project WD (target: Desktop)
When executing build step 'Make'

Thanks,


Momergil

[mvuori]

Could be that your compiler has been configured to support an old Windows version which didn't have MEMORYSTATUSEX. See
http://old.nabble.com/Compiling-a-C-...d30060037.html

[ChrisW67]

From the MinGW windef.h:

#ifndef WINVER
#define WINVER 0x0400
/*
 * If you need Win32 API features newer the Win95 and WinNT then you must
 * define WINVER before including windows.h or any other method of including
 * the windef.h header.
 */
#endif
#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
#define _WIN32_WINNT WINVER

#ifndef WINVER
#define WINVER 0x0400
/*
 * If you need Win32 API features newer the Win95 and WinNT then you must
 * define WINVER before including windows.h or any other method of including
 * the windef.h header.
 */
#endif
#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
#define _WIN32_WINNT WINVER

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and from the header that defines MEMORYSTATUSEX:

#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500)
typedef struct _MEMORYSTATUSEX {
...

#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500)
typedef struct _MEMORYSTATUSEX {
...

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So, in your code:

#define WINVER 0x0500
#include <windows.h>
...

#define WINVER 0x0500
#include <windows.h>
...

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Microsoft's headers work the same way, it is just that they always default you to the latest API version (in order to drive upgrades by making software backward incompatible by default).

[Momergil]

Thanks! The #define worked!


(I would have never imagined that answer >.<)