Hi there, I can''t get rid of the following error messages: c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\excpt.h(36) : warning C4518: ''extern '' : storage-class or type specifier(s) unexpected here; ignored c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\excpt.h(36) : error C2059: syntax error : ''string'' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\excpt.h(36) : error C2143: syntax error : missing '';'' before ''{'' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\excpt.h(36) : error C2447: missing function header (old-style formal list?) The strange thing is that they appear in a file I never modified. Even better: when I compile exactly the same code on an older, slower system, it works perfectly, no errors. I just reinstalled my Visual Studio and DirectX 8 SDK and since then I am having this problem. Any ideas? thnx!

I think you''ve forgotten a semicolon somewhere. It also could be that you''re putting a piece of code somewhere where the compiler does not expect it. The compiler itself sais line 36...

I would guess you have got a function header in line 35 or 36 and you forgot to add a semicolor after it (you should do it in .h files)

With best regards,
Mirek Czerwiñski
http://kris.top.pl/~kherin/