catch is undefined!?

Ok, my turn to play help the newbie with the compiler error: I attempted to reuse a DirectPlay class I wrote, and in it I use a map, which apparently includes xstring.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE\xstring(527) : error C2059: syntax error : ''catch''
 

and the code aroudn the area:

_TRY_BEGIN _S = allocator.allocate(_Ns + 2, (void *)0); _CATCH_ALL _Ns = _N; _S = allocator.allocate(_Ns + 2, (void *)0); _CATCH_END [/souce] The error is on the _CATCH_ALL macro, which is defined as [source] #define _CATCH_ALL } catch (...) {

Now, I can only figure that there''s some setting that enables/disables exceptions OTHER than "Enable Exception Handling'' checkbox under the Projec->Settings->C/C++->C++ Language - That was the first thing I verified. Now, the thing that''s really bothering me about this, is that try must be defined. How on Earth could try be defined, but not catch? Magmai Kai Holmlor - Not For Rent