CoInitializeEx

void main()
{
	HRESULT hr = S_OK;
	
	InitCommonControls();
	CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
	
	if( FAILED( hr = InitDirectPlay() ) )
    {
        cout << "Failed to initialize DirectPlay.  This app will now self destruct" << endl;
        goto LCleanup;
    }


	LCleanup:
    CleanupDirectPlay();
    CoUninitialize(); 
}

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Original post by amish1234
I''m learning DirectPlay. In the first tutorial, COM is initialized by calling

CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);     

In my (console) app I get an undeclared identifier on this function call. (Both the function and COINIT_MULTITHREADED are undeclared identifiers). I included every header file that tutorial 1 includes, except for its resource.h. WTF???

I looked through the help, and I can''t find anything that says what header files I need to include for this function or for COM functions in general. The VC++7 help had a link to the MSDN page for this function, which was, of course, unavailable ATM or some shit.

I used the function CoInitialize in an app that used DirectShow. I didn''t have to include any header files specifically for COM there.

It''s 1:00 AM. Maybe this is the start to a very bad day.

EDIT: I found out that the function prototype for CoInitializeEx is in objbase.h, but including that didn''t do anything.

[edited by - amish1234 on October 12, 2003 4:11:14 AM]

[edited by - amish1234 on October 12, 2003 4:15:16 AM]

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