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FIX: Error C2664 'AVIFileCreateStream' from Visual C++ 2.0/2.1

Article ID: 139825

Article Last Modified on 7/11/2005

Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit-January 2000 Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1

This article was previously published under Q139825

SYMPTOMS

The following error is generated when you compile an application under Visual C++ version 2.0 or 2.1 that calls AVIFileCreateStream() and does not use UNICODE:

error C2664: 'AVIFileCreateStream' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'struct _AVISTREAMINFOA*' to 'struct _AVISTREAMINFOW*'

CAUSE

The Vfw.h header file from Visual C++ version 2.0 or 2.1 has the following declaration for the AVIFileCreateStream() function:

STDAPI AVIFileCreateStream(PAVIFILE pfile,

            PAVISTREAM FAR *ppavi,
                           AVISTREAMINFOW FAR *psi);

Note the wide version of the structure in the third parameter: AVISTREAMINFOW. There is no ANSI declaration for this function in vfw.h. The header file is incorrect. It should list an ANSI version of the function that takes an ANSI AVISTREAMINFO in addition to the UNICODE version.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Visual C++ versions 2.0 and 2.1. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 2.2. The Vfw.h header file from that product declares an AVIFileCreateStreamA() function in addition to the W variety, AVIFileCreateStreamW().

Additional query words: 3.50 2.10 2.00 4.00 Windows 95

Keywords: kbfix kbmm KB139825