Building QExtserialport with Visual Studio 2008

[bnilsson]

I have a problem with QExtserialport built with VS 2008:
In the example "qespta" I get
.\MessageWindow.cpp(94) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier '{ctor}'
.\MessageWindow.cpp(122) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier '{ctor}'
The first (94) here on line 4

void MessageWindow::customEvent(QEvent* event)
{
	if (static_cast<MessageWindow::EventType>(event->type()) == MessageWindow::MessageEvent)
		msgTextEdit.append(dynamic_cast<MessageEvent::MessageEvent* >(event)->msg);
}

void MessageWindow::customEvent(QEvent* event)
{
	if (static_cast<MessageWindow::EventType>(event->type()) == MessageWindow::MessageEvent)
		msgTextEdit.append(dynamic_cast<MessageEvent::MessageEvent* >(event)->msg);
}

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and the second (122)

QCoreApplication::postEvent(this, new MessageEvent::MessageEvent(qmsg));

QCoreApplication::postEvent(this, new MessageEvent::MessageEvent(qmsg));

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I don't get this on OSX XCode, and not with the Win32 mingw compiler.
Does anybody have a clue where the problem might be?

BN

[wysota]

The problem is probably in the name clash between the namespace and the class name. Try stripping "MessageEvent::" from the cast and it should work.

[bnilsson]

I already tried that:

void MessageWindow::customEvent(QEvent* event)
{
	if (static_cast<MessageWindow::EventType>(event->type()) == MessageWindow::MessageEvent)
		msgTextEdit.append(dynamic_cast<MessageEvent* >(event)->msg);
}

void MessageWindow::customEvent(QEvent* event)
{
	if (static_cast<MessageWindow::EventType>(event->type()) == MessageWindow::MessageEvent)
		msgTextEdit.append(dynamic_cast<MessageEvent* >(event)->msg);
}

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------ Build started: Project: QESPTA, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
Compiling...
MessageWindow.cpp
.\MessageWindow.cpp(94) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'MessageEvent'
.\MessageWindow.cpp(122) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier '{ctor}'
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\bnilsson\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\qextserialport-1.2win-alpha\examples\qespta\obj\BuildLog.htm"
QESPTA - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

------ Build started: Project: QESPTA, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
Compiling...
MessageWindow.cpp
.\MessageWindow.cpp(94) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'MessageEvent'
.\MessageWindow.cpp(122) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier '{ctor}'
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\bnilsson\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\qextserialport-1.2win-alpha\examples\qespta\obj\BuildLog.htm"
QESPTA - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

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It need some more to work.

[wysota]

You can try "using namespace" or prefixing the namespace with "::". Or just change the offending name.

[bnilsson]

I am really, really sorry, but this is beyond me.
Could you be more specific?

[bnilsson]

Is this what you refer to?

public:
		enum EventType {MessageEvent = 1001};	///< Custom event types.

public:
		enum EventType {MessageEvent = 1001};	///< Custom event types.

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I changed it to

public:
		enum EventType {nMessageEvent = 1001};	///< Custom event types.

public:
		enum EventType {nMessageEvent = 1001};	///< Custom event types.

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and fixed the subsequent errors, but the 'ctor' errors remains.

[bnilsson]

Ok, I see that it is not the conflict above you refer to.
Where is the namespace conflict?
What name is offending?

[bnilsson]

Ok, got it.
This worked:

void MessageWindow::customEvent(QEvent* event)
{
	if (static_cast<MessageWindow::EventType>(event->type()) == MessageWindow::MessageEvent)
		msgTextEdit.append(dynamic_cast<::MessageEvent* >(event)->msg);
}

void MessageWindow::customEvent(QEvent* event)
{
	if (static_cast<MessageWindow::EventType>(event->type()) == MessageWindow::MessageEvent)
		msgTextEdit.append(dynamic_cast<::MessageEvent* >(event)->msg);
}

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Thanks for your patience.