Question

How to properly declare this function inside this header file?

CString ExecuteExternalProgram(CString pictureName);

#pragma warning( disable: 4049 )  /* more than 64k source lines */
#ifndef __REQUIRED_RPCNDR_H_VERSION__
#define __REQUIRED_RPCNDR_H_VERSION__ 475
#endif

#include "rpc.h"
#include "rpcndr.h"

CString ExecuteExternalProgram(CString pictureName);   //<---- THIS LINE IS ERROR?

#ifndef __RPCNDR_H_VERSION__
#error this stub requires an updated version of <rpcndr.h>
#endif // __RPCNDR_H_VERSION__


#ifndef __Example1_h__
#define __Example1_h__

#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020)
#pragma once
#endif

/* Forward Declarations */ 

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"{
#endif 


#ifndef __Example1_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
#define __Example1_INTERFACE_DEFINED__

void Output( 
    /* [string][in] */ const char *szOutput);


extern handle_t hExample1Binding;


extern RPC_IF_HANDLE Example1_v1_0_c_ifspec;
extern RPC_IF_HANDLE Example1_v1_0_s_ifspec;
#endif /* __Example1_INTERFACE_DEFINED__ */


#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif

Answer 1

I created an Empty Project in Visual Studio and I didn’t have any problem compiling:

#include <atlstr.h>

#include "Example1.h" // Direct copy of your code from above

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    return 0;
}

I was tipped off about atlstr.h from http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231164.

Is that what you mean by “properly” declare?