Re: Problem with declaration of a member of type CList

From:

David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:36:06 -0400

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Barbatruc wrote:

Hello,

In a book called "1001 Microsoft Visual C++ Programming Tips" there's a
declaration like this :

   CList <CFontData, CFontData&> m_FontData;

I've tried to build the example (which manage a font-list in a toolbar)
containing this line and the compiler return me this double error :

   error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '<'
   CList' : missing storage-class or type specifiers

So, I do a right-clic on CList and run "Go To Definition of CList", and
it return me a dialog box saying : "The symbol 'CList' is undefined.

Do you have a idea about the reason why of this absence ? Does CList not
in the MFC's sources installed with Visual Studio 6.0 ?

I don't know what to do...

Barbatruc:

Perhaps you are missing

#include <afxtempl.h>

By the way, if you are just starting out with the MFC collection classes, I
would strongly recommend that you use the C++ library ones instead. The standard
library list class is std::list, and you need to do

#include <list>

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP