Strange error im getting.

[zLeki]

Not really sure what's happening here. Looks like it can't a reference for that var.

Large error below

GOROOT=/usr/local/go #gosetup
GOPATH=/Users/leki/go #gosetup
/usr/local/go/bin/go build -o /private/var/folders/1h/j6ckgx_n6td25545c0w84kn00000gn/T/GoLand/___go_build_github_com_zLeki_JJBot github.com/zLeki/JJBot #gosetup
github.com/micmonay/keybd_event
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:73:2: could not determine kind of name for C.AddActionKey
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:69:18: could not determine kind of name for C.CGEventRef
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:85:15: could not determine kind of name for C.CreateDown
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:110:13: could not determine kind of name for C.CreateUp
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:107:2: could not determine kind of name for C.KeyTap
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:27:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskAlphaShift
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:30:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskAlternate
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:31:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskCommand
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:29:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskControl
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:32:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskHelp
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:35:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskNonCoalesced
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:34:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskNumericPad
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:33:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskSecondaryFn
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:28:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskShift
cgo:
clang errors for preamble:
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:7:2: error: unknown type name 'CGEventRef'
CGEventRef CreateDown(int k){
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:8:2: error: use of undeclared identifier 'CGEventRef'
CGEventRef event = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent (NULL, (CGKeyCode)k, true);
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:9:9: error: use of undeclared identifier 'event'
return event;
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:11:2: error: unknown type name 'CGEventRef'
CGEventRef CreateUp(int k){
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:12:2: error: use of undeclared identifier 'CGEventRef'
CGEventRef event = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent (NULL, (CGKeyCode)k, false);
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:13:9: error: use of undeclared identifier 'event'
return event;
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:15:14: error: unknown type name 'CGEventRef'
void KeyTap(CGEventRef event){
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:16:14: error: use of undeclared identifier 'kCGAnnotatedSessionEventTap'
CGEventPost(kCGAnnotatedSessionEventTap, event);
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:19:20: error: unknown type name 'CGEventFlags'; did you mean 'MPEventFlags'?
void AddActionKey(CGEventFlags type,CGEventRef event){
^~~~~~~~~~~~
MPEventFlags
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX12.1.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/Multiprocessing.h:119:41: note: 'MPEventFlags' declared here
typedef UInt32 MPEventFlags;
^
../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:19:38: error: unknown type name 'CGEventRef'
void AddActionKey(CGEventFlags type,CGEventRef event){
^
10 errors generated.

Compilation finished with exit code 2

[daibertdiego]

Same error here trying to rum the example on my MacOS and golang go1.18 darwin/amd64

# github.com/micmonay/keybd_event ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:73:2: could not determine kind of name for C.AddActionKey ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:69:18: could not determine kind of name for C.CGEventRef ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:85:15: could not determine kind of name for C.CreateDown ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:110:13: could not determine kind of name for C.CreateUp ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:107:2: could not determine kind of name for C.KeyTap ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:27:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskAlphaShift ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:30:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskAlternate ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:31:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskCommand ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:29:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskControl ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:32:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskHelp ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:35:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskNonCoalesced ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:34:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskNumericPad ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:33:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskSecondaryFn ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:28:21: could not determine kind of name for C.kCGEventFlagMaskShift cgo: clang errors for preamble: ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:7:2: error: unknown type name 'CGEventRef' CGEventRef CreateDown(int k){ ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:8:2: error: use of undeclared identifier 'CGEventRef' CGEventRef event = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent (NULL, (CGKeyCode)k, true); ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:9:9: error: use of undeclared identifier 'event' return event; ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:11:2: error: unknown type name 'CGEventRef' CGEventRef CreateUp(int k){ ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:12:2: error: use of undeclared identifier 'CGEventRef' CGEventRef event = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent (NULL, (CGKeyCode)k, false); ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:13:9: error: use of undeclared identifier 'event' return event; ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:15:14: error: unknown type name 'CGEventRef' void KeyTap(CGEventRef event){ ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:16:14: error: use of undeclared identifier 'kCGAnnotatedSessionEventTap' CGEventPost(kCGAnnotatedSessionEventTap, event); ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:19:20: error: unknown type name 'CGEventFlags'; did you mean 'MPEventFlags'? void AddActionKey(CGEventFlags type,CGEventRef event){ ^~~~~~~~~~~~ MPEventFlags /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/Multiprocessing.h:119:41: note: 'MPEventFlags' declared here typedef UInt32 MPEventFlags; ^ ../../../../../../go/pkg/mod/github.com/micmonay/[email protected]/keybd_darwin.go:19:38: error: unknown type name 'CGEventRef' void AddActionKey(CGEventFlags type,CGEventRef event){ ^ 10 errors generated.

[thalesog]

I was getting the same error, after add a missing import on C++ code, everything worked.

The fix is in PR #42

[PrabhakarRai]

PR #42 has still not resolved the name and type errors. It seems that problem lies in path resolution of headers.