Project build issues

[JerryR]

I am having a devil of a time building an example from CCS's Embedded Ethernet Exercise book. I know I must have a simple issue because most of my compiler errors are flagged in established h files.

I'm new to using CCS IDE and am trying to get use to it, which may be the issue.

Using PCWH- version 5.021 and attempting to compile code for the PIC18F4620.

Here are a few of my 100 errors generated:


*** Error 38 "J:\AAA_PROJECTS\Dantherm New AC Controller\CCS Files\2016-02-10_tcpip2\tcpip\TCPIP Stack\..\GenericTypeDefs.h" Line 88(28,29): This type can not be qualified with this qualifier
*** Error 28 "J:\AAA_PROJECTS\Dantherm New AC Controller\CCS Files\2016-02-10_tcpip2\tcpip\TCPIP Stack\..\GenericTypeDefs.h" Line 89(28,29): Expecting an identifier
*** Error 38 "J:\AAA_PROJECTS\Dantherm New AC Controller\CCS Files\2016-02-10_tcpip2\tcpip\TCPIP Stack\..\GenericTypeDefs.h" Line 90(30,31): This type can not be qualified with this qualifier
*** Error 38 "J:\AAA_PROJECTS\Dantherm New AC Controller\CCS Files\2016-02-10_tcpip2\tcpip\TCPIP Stack\..\GenericTypeDefs.h" Line 91(30,31): This type can not be qualified with this qualifier

I know that this is a shot in the dark, but can anyone give me a hint on what I'm not seeing here?

I appreciate the group's help.

[gjs_rsdi]

What you have in lines 27,28,29,30,31?

Best wishes
Joe

[Ttelmah]

The most likely thing is _order_.
None of the files are capable of compiling on their own, they require lots of stuff setup, and included before they can compile. The odds are you are trying to compile this file before including other things it needs.

[JerryR]

Joe: Good question, see below (see, stupid stuff):

[PCM programmer]

Are those four typedef's in the CCS example or did you create that ?

If you want to redefine an 'int' to be 16-bits, CCS has a way to do that:

[JerryR]

Hi PCM:

No, CCS wrote this code that seemed to be "thrown" into a directory they sent out with their Embedded Ethernet Development Kit. I'm just trying to build a project that compile from a bunch of code from this directory to make a "exercise" work from their Exercise book.

I attempted to build it from within MPLab unsuccessfully, and now trying to build it from within CCS's IDE. I can't seem to put it all together. There is actually 100 errors, of which, for brevity, I included only four to show how "busted" it is.

Sorry for the drawn-out response. I'm believing that Ttelmah is right; the order is the issue. I just can't get my head around it.

Any suggestions? I'm going to try building it in smaller pieces.

Just trying to incorporate Ethernet into a project here and started with their development kit.

Thanks for your interest!

[Ttelmah]

What is shown, won't work, unless you have #CASE

int (lower case) is already defined. Without #case, the first line translates as:

typedef signed int16 int;

which is trying to change the meaning of the existing int definition.....

Add a #case statement, and all these lines will compile.

You may well find there is a note somewhere saying that all the code is compiled with #case enabled. A lot of professional programmers will default to enabling this.

[RF_Developer]

[Ttelmah]

My guess here is that the TCP/IP example being referred to, was written by somebody used to 'standard' C (99% of C's default to case being enabled), so this was enabled. The lines being posted, can't compile without #CASE, but will compile with it. May well explain 90% of the errors. However as RF_Developer points out, some CCS code does not like #CASE. There is a similar problem if you change the default integer type to 'signed', with quite a few of the standard routines giving problems if this is done. Can make it difficult when switching code between PIC18's and PIC24/30's, where the default type here changes....

[JerryR]

Ttelmah and RF:

Thanks so much for your replies. I believe CCS "adjusted" the code from Microchip C-18 ANSI code. I'm going to wander through the code today to find out what compile before what. My guess is that it will work if built in order.

I've never expected 'simple" when using someone else's code.

Thanks guys!