Hi, VS 2008 is giving the following error while trying to compile a PRO*C file. 1>------ Build started: Project: t_l001, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1>Performing Custom Build Step 1>Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 x86 tools. 1>The system cannot find the path specified. 1>Pro*C/C++: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Wed Apr 30 18:49:17 2008 1>Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. 1>System default option values taken from: c:\Oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\precomp\admin\pcscfg.cfg 1>Syntax error at line 540, column 1, file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\stdio.h: 1>Error at line 540, column 1 in file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0 1>\VC\include\stdio.h 1>__DEFINE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_FUNC_0_2_ARGLIST_EX(int, __RETURN_POLICY_SAME, _S 1>WPRINTFS_DEPRECATED _CRTIMP, __swprintf_l, __vswprintf_l, _vswprintf_s_l, _Pre_n 1>otnull_ _Post_z_ wchar_t, , wchar_t, _Dest, _In_z_ _Printf_format_string_ const 1>wchar_t *, _Format, _locale_t, _Plocinfo) 1>1 1>PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol "wchar_t" when expecting one of the followin 1>g: 1> , ) 1>The symbol ")" was substituted for "wchar_t" to continue. 1>Syntax error at line 540, column 241, file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\stdio.h: 1>Error at line 540, column 241 in file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9 1>.0\VC\include\stdio.h 1>__DEFINE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_FUNC_0_2_ARGLIST_EX(int, __RETURN_POLICY_SAME, _S 1>WPRINTFS_DEPRECATED _CRTIMP, __swprintf_l, __vswprintf_l, _vswprintf_s_l, _Pre_n 1>otnull_ _Post_z_ wchar_t, , wchar_t, _Dest, _In_z_ _Printf_format_string_ const 1>wchar_t *, _Format, _locale_t, _Plocinfo) 1>................................................................................ 1>................................................................................ 1>................................................................................ 1>1 1>PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol "wchar_t" when expecting one of the followin 1>g: 1> ; , = ( [ 1>The symbol ";" was substituted for "wchar_t" to continue. 1>Syntax error at line 540, column 1, file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\stdio.h: 1>Error at line 540, column 1 in file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0 1>\VC\include\stdio.h 1>__DEFINE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_FUNC_0_2_ARGLIST_EX(int, __RETURN_POLICY_SAME, _S 1>WPRINTFS_DEPRECATED _CRTIMP, __swprintf_l, __vswprintf_l, _vswprintf_s_l, _Pre_n 1>otnull_ _Post_z_ wchar_t, , wchar_t, _Dest, _In_z_ _Printf_format_string_ const 1>wchar_t *, _Format, _locale_t, _Plocinfo) 1>1 1>PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol "_Plocinfo" when expecting one of the follow 1>ing: 1> ; , = ( [ 1>Error at line 0, column 0 in file D:\CoreAPEX\Development\Proration55\Proration\ 1>tcn\t_l003.pc 1>PCC-F-02102, Fatal error while doing C preprocessing 1>Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "Performing Custom Build Step" 1>Build log was saved at "file://d:\CoreAPEX\Development\winapex\t_l001\t_l001\Debug\BuildLog.htm" 1>t_l001 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== My custom build settings are as follows : command line is as follows for the ".pc" file: call vcvars32.bat call D:\CoreAPEX\Development\winapex\b_g010_debug\b_g010_debug\ProrationEnvironment.bat proc userid=%PRAXIS_ID% D:\CoreAPEX\Development\Proration55\Proration\tcn\$(InputName).pc define=DOS oraca=yes def_sqlcode=yes nls_local=yes unsafe_null=yes dbms=v8 sqlcheck=full prefetch=30 parse=full maxopencursors=50 include=D:\CoreAPEX\Development\Proration55\PRORATION\tcn include=D:\CoreAPEX\Development\Proration55\PRORATION\tcn include="$(VCInstallDir)Include" include=C:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\xdk\include include=C:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\RDBMS\demo include=C:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\precomp\public outputs is as follows for the ".pc" file : D:\CoreAPEX\Development\Proration55\Proration\tcn\$(InputName).c Please advice as to what could be done inorder to compile the file properly. Thanx in advance. Regards, Rajashri