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Q66341: Problem with Switch List Usage Due to Problem in PMSHL.H

Article: Q66341
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00
Operating System(s): OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist6.00 fixlist6.00a | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 24-OCT-1990

You may encounter a problem when trying to build an application that
makes use of various "PM Switch List" information. The symptoms may
include "typedef not defined" errors at compile time or "unresolved
external reference" errors at link time.

This problem is most likely caused by a problem with the PMSHL.H file
that shipped with the OS/2 Presentation Manager Toolkit version 1.20
or Microsoft C version 6.00. Because of a problem in the #ifdef logic,
certain sections of the include file may be undefined when they are
actually needed.

To correct these errors, the following modifications to PMSHL.H are
required:

On line 286, change

   #endif  /* not INCL_NOCOMMON */

to the following:

   #ifdef  INCL_WINSWITCHLIST

On line 319, change

   #endif

to the following:

   #endif  /* INCL_WINSWITCHLIST */

   #endif  /* INCL_WINSWITCHLIST or NOT INCL_NOCOMMON */

Because another #ifdef is added, it must be resolved by adding a
closing #endif.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with C version 6.00. This
problem has been corrected in the PMSHL.H include file included with
the C 6.00a maintenance release.

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