Visual C++ Error: “Identifier ”IMSNMessenger“ is undefined” - after adding tlb file

Question

I am learning to work with the MSN Messenger API.

After adding the tlb file, and copy/pasting some example code, I noticed that in the Visual c++ IDE it's telling me about an undefined identifier.

Though once I compile the code, everything works fine.

I see the problem: The problem is that the IDE (the intellisense, more specifically) is not recognising any of the stuff inside the tlb file.

However, the compiler does!

I added the tlb file as such:

#import "MSNMessengerAPI.tlb" named_guids, no_namespace

Any ideas here? thanks!

Edit: may I add that the IDE does recognise the following:

MSNMessenger::IMSNMessenger

But not just

IMSNMessenger

Answer 1

Well, it should not recognize MSNMessenger::, you used the no_namespace attribute on the #import directive. Taking a wild guess, maybe you started this first without that attribute and the IntelliSense parser isn't smart enough to recognize that you changed it.

Close your solution and delete the .ncb file in the project directory. .sdf for VS2010. Open it back up, the IS parser will rebuild the file.