[Gdal-dev] Re: Linking the GDAL lib to a Visual C++ 6 project

[Mateusz Loskot]

Arnaud wrote:
> Mateusz Loskot <mateusz <at> loskot.net> writes:
>> Arnaud wrote:
>>> ...
>>> In fact the warning level is set to the highest. This cannot be change.
>>> Do you have any clue what I can do to solve this?
>>
>> Are you using GDAL in MFC-based application?
>>
>
> Yes, I am.
> 
> However, I found that there is a problem when I try to include libraries from 
> the STL. The trick was to include them like this:
> 
> // Include for use of stl
> #pragma warning( push, 3)       // Avoid some messages
> #include <string>               // STL strings
> #include <iostream>             // STL io
> #include <vector>
> #pragma warning( pop )          // Restore warnings
> using namespace std;            // Allows std namespace

The problem is that MFC defines 'new' as a preprocessor definition,
when building in debug mode:

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

So, all C++/STL headers should be included *before* any MFC header.

Cheers
-- 
Mateusz Loskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net