MATLAB: Do I receive the error message: “error MIDL2025 : syntax error : expecting a type specification near “CY” ” when using the MATLAB COM Builder

MATLAB Builder for COMmidl

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.

Best Answer

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.
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