Why do I receive the error message: "error MIDL2025 : syntax error : expecting a type specification near "CY" " when using the MATLAB COM Builder?

I get the following error message when building with the MATLAB COM Builder:

 C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/INCLUDE/ocidl.idl(847) 

 : error MIDL2025 : syntax error : expecting a type specification near "CY" 

 C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/INCLUDE/ocidl.idl(848) 

 : error MIDL2026 : cannot recover from earlier syntax errors; aborting compilation  

   MBUILD.BAT: Error: IDL compile of 'D:/MATLAB6p5/work/magicdemo/src/magicdemo_idl.idl' failed.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This error is due to a bug in the Microsoft MIDL.exe compiler that Visual Studio uses. You can resolve the problem by changing your regional settings to English.