BYTE as undeclared identifier even though I have included windows.h

Question

My code is as follows

// ConsoleApplication1.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//
#include 
#include \"stdafx.h\"

         


        

Answer 1

You have #include "stdafx.h", which usually means that you're using a precompiled header. If you use a precompiled header, anything preceding the precompiled header will be discarded.

Try reordering your #include lines so that "stdafx.h" is first. (Or change stdafx.h to #include <windows.h>, which is generally where you want to put commonly-used system headers.)