Error <io.h> not found when compiling copy of BSFN B9600471

[pdubbelm]

Fellow developers,

I made a copy of BSFN B9600471 in order to make it run both locally and on a server. (I want to find the name of the next flat file in a specified directory). The BSFN runs perfectly when used on a fat client. However, when compiling the BFN on the server (both on an AS/400 and on a NT machine) we get the following error message:

#include <io.h>
========>........a........................................
*=SEVERE=====> a - CZM0296 #include file <io.h> not found.

I searched my spec folders and found out the file io.h does indeed not exist although several BSFN's use this include statement.

Has anyone of you encountered this problem before? I really don't have a clue of how to solve this.

Thanks.

Paul.

 

[cbruce]

<io.h> is a Microsoft header, not and ANSI header. If you see this declaration in a BSFN, it means that the business function should be "client-only"

In general, any ANSI-like function that begins with an _ is a Microsoft-only function. E.g. the _findfirst call in B9600471 is NOT and ANSI function. Microsoft-only functions will not build on any server other than NT servers.

I would recommend that you use the ANSI equivalent of all the functions in the B9600471. Use <dir.h> instead of <io.h>. Use findfirst, instead of _findfirst. You can Google for ANSI findfirst to get some links on ANSI C.

If your server complains that it cannot find <dir.h>, make sure the the INCLUDE environment variable refrences the folder where dir.h resides on your server.

Cheers

 

[Loveen Mehta]

Hello,

We are facing the exact same issue with the copy BSFN and getting an error #include file <io.h> not found.
I had also tried using <dir.h> instead of <io.h>, findfirst instead of _findfirst. and am getting error during BSFN build "cannot find <dir.h>".
Has anyone found a workaround for using this BSFN for Linux server?
Appreciate your help on this.

Tools Release - 9.1.4.3


Regards,
Loveen Mehta