it seems that you are including initguid.h more than once. My docs say that
initguid.h must be included just in one source file and not included in the
rest of sources.

Hope this helps.

 Hi,

When is it ok to use the /FORCE option to force a link?  I have been getting
a LNK2005 which claims that some symbols were multiply defined.  I go ahead
and use the /FORCE option and everything works.

Additional details:

The setup of my project is as follows:

ATL wizard generated app
The main file master.cpp includes the following

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "resource.h"
#include "initguid.h"
#include "Master.h"

#include "Master_i.c"
#include "MasterImp.h"    //from my COM object

The header file which contains the definition for my object is called
MasterImp.cpp and include's the following

#include "resource.h"       // main symbols
#include "mstraccess.h"    //from another COM server.  Needed because I
implement a Sink.
#include "mstraccess_i.c"

#include <stdio.h>

MasterImp.cpp has the method definitions and includes the following
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Master.h"
#include "MasterImp.h"

The above configuration gives me LNK2005 telling me that IID's CLSID's etc.
are defined more than once.

However,  if I move the implementation for my methods from the cpp file to
the .h file (I know bad programming practice but STL does it!) everything
compiles when I take masterimp.cpp out of my project.

Am I including improperly?  I have left things pretty much the way the ATL
wizard gave them to me except for the mstraccess.h and mstraccess_i.c files.
It seems like I should be able to include mstraccess.h and _i.c without
getting this error.

I guess what I am wondering is if I force it will it cause negative
repercussions down the road?

  Katy