FreeType "general" conflict with C ++ / cx keyword

Question

I have a problem with combining C ++ and C ++ / cx. I need to use the FreeType library, but they use the "generic" name for some variable. I also need to enable the VC ++ extensions because the WinRT application that causes a name conflict (generic is a keyword in C ++ / cx)

1>freetype2\include\freetype\freetype.h(1391): error C2059: syntax error : 'generic' 

I added only a link to freetype and aditional, including directories in the properties of my project.

Is there any way to solve this case? Thanks for the help :) Thomas

Answer 1

Use a preprocessor to temporarily rename this keyword:

 #define generic GenericFromFreeTypeLibrary #include .... files from FreeTypeLibrary #undef generic 

This solution is not very nice, but should work.