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Chris Gutierrez · Guest

Hi all,

I'm stuck and I need some help. I'm trying to use Robert Marquardt's
HID controller component (http://www.soft-gems.net/Controls.php) with
C++Builder 5.0, and I'm totally stuck. The component comes with a
Delphi package and a C++ Builder package. I was able to use the
component with Delphi 6, it's fantastic and does everything I need. I
now need to use the component with C++ Builder 5. Unfortunately, the
package for C++ Builder is for version 6, and won't work with version
5. Following the directions I've read in this newsgroup and others, I
created a new package and added the .Pas files. The component
installs without error. However, when I add the component to a new
application, I can't build.

I'm getting errors in SetupApi.hpp, on the line
typedef SP_POWERMESSAGEWAKE_PARAMS_A *PSPPowerMessageWakeParamsA;
The error message is "E2257 , Expected". When I grep for
PSPPowerMessageWakeParamsA, I find it in SetupApi.pas... so am I
missing something that makes the hpp be built correctly?

I've tried about 10 times to remove and reinstall this package using
a
variety of techniques I've found via google. So far, nothing has
worked. I've had other Delphi/C++ Builder developers here in the
office give it a try. I've also tried emailing Robert Marquardt
directly, but didn't receive a reply. I'm really, really stuck.

I have several questions at this point. First, am I doing something
stupid? This should work from what I've read. Am I missing something
so blindingly obvious that no one has bothered to mention in on a
website or in a newsgroup? Second, is there any way for me to debug
this further? In the past when I've had trouble with components, they
wouldn't install. I can fix those types of problems. I'm at a loss as
to how to solve a problem with a component that installs but won't
build. I've googled for solutions, but everything I've tried has
failed. Third, has someone done this before, and if you have, do you
have a solution or a working package? Fourth, if no one has any idea
of how to solve this problem, does anyone have a suggestion for an
alternate HID controller that they recommend?

Thanks very much in advance,

Chris Gutierrez
email: gcgutier (at) hotmail (dot) com
http://www.chrisgutierrez.org