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Ben Hutchinson
Ben Hutchinson

Reputation: 49

Why does "cout" keep giving me error C1083?

I was using Visual C++ 6.0 just now, and I keep getting this error:

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'streambuf': No such file or directory

My code is just a simple hello world program.

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    cout<<"Hello World.";
    return 1;
}

Then I went and checked my INCLUDE folder and found a file called STREAMBF, but the compiler was looking for STREAMBUF. Notice that the file that is present is missing the U, between the B and the F. This was from a good copy of VC++6.0, directly from the actual CD, not a pirated copy. So there should be all the files needed. But it appears that a file is missing! Is this MS being stupid again, and yet making another big mistake, and forgetting to include an important file on their CDs? I'd hate to think that every single CD for VC++6.0 that was pressed that came out of MS factories had this problem. And I know that it is a missing file, not just a misnamed file, as renaming STREAMBF to STREAMBUF just led to more errors.

Anybody know where I can find a copy of the file STREAMBUF? Or am I just overlooking something here? Is this exact error a known problem with running old copies of VC++ on modern OS's like Windows 7? Is it possible that the only reason that it's looking for STREAMBUF is that this is a newer file associated with Win7, and that if it was running in a different environment (an older OS), it would actually be looking for the correct file, STREAMBF? Can somebody help me here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 871

Answers (3)

Fabrizio Stefani
Fabrizio Stefani

Reputation: 11

For my win 10 installation of VC 6.0, I had the same problem ... fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'streambuf': No such file or directory Replacing with <iostream.h> does not solve the problem. I have checked the header file installation folder (Program files\VS98\VC98\INCLUDE). For some (unknown) reason, some file names have been changed during installation. Restoring the original name has solved the problem, in my case, in example: Turn STREAMBF into STREAMBUF, STDXCEPT into STDEXCEPT, XCEPTION into EXCEPTION, FCTIONAL into FUNCTIONAL. Notice: other header file names might be wrong. I have listed above the file names wrong in my installation. I hope this may help.

Upvotes: 1

JavadT
JavadT

Reputation: 153

Modify your program to, you should be able to see it okay.

#include <iostream.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    cout<<"Hello World.";
    return 1;
}

However, your compiler is pretty old. You need to an upgrade.

Upvotes: 0

Patryk Krawczyk
Patryk Krawczyk

Reputation: 1368

Your installation is either broken, deprecated or interpretes your code in wrong way.
You should only use older compiles if you are trying to build project developed entirely for this version.

Try to compile same code with new compiler, if you want to use VS then you should look for Visual Studio Express 2013.

Your code does not have any errors.

Upvotes: 1

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