NOMINMAX with Visual Studio 2012 MFC project [duplicate] - c++

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Possible problems with NOMINMAX on Visual C++
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I want to use #define NOMINMAX in my Visual Studio C++ project using MFC, so that I can use std::min and std::max. However, when I put this line in my stdafx.h, I get following compile error:
c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\8.0\include\um\GdiplusTypes.h(475): error C3861: 'min': identifier not found
I am not using GDI+ intentionally, this is something MFC must be doing. Can the issue be fixed somehow, either by removing the GDI+, or by adjusting it to compile?

I don't work on Windows so I'm not used to dealing with this, and I'm not testing this, but I believe that answer is suggesting you do this:
#define NOMINMAX
#include <algorithm>
namespace Gdiplus
{
using std::min;
using std::max;
};
//... your other includes.
This will get the "proper" versions of min and max, and make them available without the std:: prefix (which seems to be how it is used in the GdiplusTypes.h header).

The winapi min and max are macros, so you can just #undef them after including the MFC or winapi headers:
#undef min
#undef max

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error: ‘NULL’ was not declared in this scope
i'm having this code, which has been written in visual studio but i`m working in eclipse and i'm trying to make it compilable for eclipse and i throws me this error
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code:
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