ntsecapi.h:594:22: error: expected unqualified-id before string constant

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I'm building a small project (I'm running windows 7 with cygwin64 ). here is how my "header of program" looks like

#ifndef Win32_H
#define Win32_H

#define USE_LSA
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <windows.h>

#include <psapi.h>
#include <tlhelp32.h>

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#define SECURITY_WIN32
#include <ntstatus.h>

#include <Sspi.h>
#include <Ntsecapi.h>
#include <Ntsecpkg.h>
#include <sddl.h>
#include <algorithm>

#include "Class1.h"

#include "Class2.h"

#include <Class3.h>

#include <errno.h>

I downloaded this project to examine. But the problem I have is that I ran into a compiling error which says

In file included from /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/Sspi.h:10:0,
             from main.cpp:61:

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ntsecapi.h:594:22: error: expected unqualified-id before string constant
typedef LSA_STRING STRING,*PSTRING;
                  ^
In file included from /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/Sspi.h:10:0,
             from TokenServer.cpp:61:
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ntsecapi.h:707:5: error: expected unqualified-id before string constant
 STRING CaseSensitiveChallengeResponse;
 ^
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ntsecapi.h:708:5: error: expected unqualified-id before string constant
 STRING CaseInsensitiveChallengeResponse;
 ^
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ntsecapi.h:718:5: error: expected unqualified-id before string constant
 STRING AuthenticationInfo1;
 ^
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ntsecapi.h:719:5: error: expected unqualified-id before string constant
 STRING AuthenticationInfo2;
 ^

I've googled a little bit but found nothing that would help me this is the same problem as mine. and also this one. But as I've said they didn't help. Hope you can help me. thanks.

What is the source of your header? Where did you get it from? Cause the one I just found by googling has that line written in the other way: `typedef STRING LSA_STRING, *PLSA_STRING;` — HighPredator, Aug 29 '16 at 12:25
I'm not talking about your project, I'm talking about the package or library that header file came with. — HighPredator, Aug 29 '16 at 12:29
Sorry If I musunderstand something, but the headers came with project. — Rasty, Aug 29 '16 at 12:33
Somewhere in your code, before the inclusion of this header, there is a macro named `STRING`. — molbdnilo, Aug 29 '16 at 12:36
Scratch that. @molbdnilo, is right. My cygwin installation carries the same line in header, so it's indeed a macro somewhere. — HighPredator, Aug 29 '16 at 12:36
@molbdnilo yes, Thats what I thought but this is a library(.dll) and this file a `main.cpp` where should I search it? — Rasty, Aug 29 '16 at 12:39

ntsecapi.h:594:22: error: expected unqualified-id before string constant

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