Question

I have a header file (head.h) in which I define the boolean value:

bool flag = false;

In main.c, I have a function:

void WINAPI function (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
                      HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                      LPSTR lpszArgument,
                      int nFunsterStil)
{
    if (flag == false)
    {
    //Some action
    flag = true;
    }
}

The boolean value ‘flag’ is not recognised even though main.c starts with the line:

#include "head.h"

…Why?

Answer 1

I believe you put #include "head.h" at the top of main.c (before #include "stdafx.h") and you use precompiled header(at least it’s how I’m able to reproduce your issue with Visual Studio). #include "stdafx.h" should always go first .