Indy 9 / BCB6 / Winsock2 compiler error

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3 total messages Started by Alfred Thomas Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:00

#5644

Author: Alfred Thomas
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:00

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Hi

I have written a Windows service and when I included a module containing idHTTP, I get the following error: multiple declaration for 'fd_set' etc. This is declared in winsock2.h and winsock.h. I found that in scktcomp.hpp winsock.h is declared and winsock2.h in idHTTp.
Does anyone have a solution for this? I have tried moving the includes etc but nothing works.
I will appreciate any help

Regards
Alfred Thomas

Re: Indy 9 / BCB6 / Winsock2 compiler error

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Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:08

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"Alfred Thomas" <alfred@fischerint.co.za> wrote in message
news:40e17606$1@newsgroups.borland.com...

> I have written a Windows service and when I included a
> module containing idHTTP, I get the following error:
> multiple declaration for 'fd_set' etc.

Indy uses WinSock2, whereas the VCL typically uses WinSock1 instead.  The
header files for the two are not compatible with each other.

> I found that in scktcomp.hpp winsock.h is declared and winsock2.h in
idHTTp.

Correct.  Why are you including ScktComp.hpp to begin with?  That suggests
that you are trying to use TClientSocket or TServerSocket, correct?  If so,
then why not use Indy's client/server components instead?


Gambit

Re: Indy 9 / BCB6 / Winsock2 compiler error

#5648

Author: Alfred Thomas
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:09

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Hi Remy

>Correct.  Why are you including ScktComp.hpp to begin with?  That suggests
>that you are trying to use TClientSocket or TServerSocket, correct?  If so,
>then why not use Indy's client/server components instead?

This is a program that has been running at a few sites, almost
bug free, for 3 years now. I have now added idHTTP to enable
the service to use HTTPS/SSL. You are correct in that I do use Client and server sockets. I am a bit reluctant(probably
without good reason), to change all the VCL socket components
to Indy socket components. The reason is that I might introduce
a few new bugs by doing so. Are there no other options? And are
there any known problems with Indy's socket components? If not,
I will convert the existing project.

Thanks for your help as always

Regards
Alred

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