PtrSafe in Excel 2003 is giving me problems - excel

Question

I am currently making some VBA code applicable for the new win7 machines on the job. This means that many function has to be added with the new 64-bit compatibility. I am currently following the guidelines from this homepage. I find them very useful and implemented following:
#If VBA7 Then
Declare PtrSafe Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" 'More code, see below.
#Else
Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" 'More code, see below.
#EndIf
however, currently VBA is giving me following error message when I save my code:
NOTE: The code above contains the code described in the previous mentioned link: from jkp-ads. The error appears in the Declare PtrSafe Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateProcessA". The full code can be found here.
What am I missing here?
Thanks!
Update
My full code:
Option Explicit
Const INFINITE = &HFFFF
Const STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW = &H1
Private Enum enSW
SW_HIDE = 0
SW_NORMAL = 1
SW_MAXIMIZE = 3
SW_MINIMIZE = 6
End Enum
Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
hProcess As Long
hThread As Long
dwProcessId As Long
dwThreadId As Long
End Type
Private Type STARTUPINFO
cb As Long
lpReserved As String
lpDesktop As String
lpTitle As String
dwX As Long
dwY As Long
dwXSize As Long
dwYSize As Long
dwXCountChars As Long
dwYCountChars As Long
dwFillAttribute As Long
dwFlags As Long
wShowWindow As Integer
cbReserved2 As Integer
lpReserved2 As Byte
hStdInput As Long
hStdOutput As Long
hStdError As Long
End Type
Private Type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
nLength As Long
lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
bInheritHandle As Long
End Type
Private Enum enPriority_Class
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20
IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H40
HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H80
End Enum
#If VBA7 Then
private Declare PtrSafe Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "CreateProcessA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
lpProcessAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
lpThreadAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
lpEnvironment As Any, _
ByVal lpCurrentDriectory As String, _
lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, _
lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As LongPtr
#Else
Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "CreateProcessA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
lpProcessAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
lpThreadAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
lpEnvironment As Any, _
ByVal lpCurrentDriectory As String, _
lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, _
lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
#End If
Now, I want to emphasize a few things. First, I am running Excel 2003 and Windows XP 32bit. In addition to this I have not attempted to run the code yet. Why you may ask. The reason is simple. The editor comes up with a compile error before I am able to do anything. This Compile error can be seen in the picture above this piece of code. I have taken a screenshot of some of the code and especially where the compile error occurs. This is how it looks:
UpdateUpdate: Just found this article from MS support. It appears that the resolution is following: "To resolve this issue, ignore the "Compile error" and run the VBA code in the 64-bit version of the Office 2010 program." I still hope some solution exist though.

Answer 1

Further to my comment below your question (which you have ignored... by mistake I guess?) I believe you are getting that error because you have not specified all the parameters correctly.
Try this and it will compile just fine.
Const INFINITE = &HFFFF
Const STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW = &H1
Private Enum enSW
SW_HIDE = 0
SW_NORMAL = 1
SW_MAXIMIZE = 3
SW_MINIMIZE = 6
End Enum
Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
hProcess As Long
hThread As Long
dwProcessId As Long
dwThreadId As Long
End Type
Private Type STARTUPINFO
cb As Long
lpReserved As String
lpDesktop As String
lpTitle As String
dwX As Long
dwY As Long
dwXSize As Long
dwYSize As Long
dwXCountChars As Long
dwYCountChars As Long
dwFillAttribute As Long
dwFlags As Long
wShowWindow As Integer
cbReserved2 As Integer
lpReserved2 As Byte
hStdInput As Long
hStdOutput As Long
hStdError As Long
End Type
Private Type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
nLength As Long
lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
bInheritHandle As Long
End Type
Private Enum enPriority_Class
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20
IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H40
HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H80
End Enum
#If VBA7 Then
Declare PtrSafe Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "CreateProcessA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
lpProcessAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
lpThreadAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
lpEnvironment As Any, _
ByVal lpCurrentDriectory As String, _
lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, _
lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As LongPtr
#Else
Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "CreateProcessA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
lpProcessAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
lpThreadAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
lpEnvironment As Any, _
ByVal lpCurrentDriectory As String, _
lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, _
lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
#End If

Answer 2

This is not a solution, but a path of investigation.
It looks like the compiler is looking at the stuff under #If VBA7 Then. But this shouldn't be happening at all in Excel 2003.
Try replacing whatever is under #If VBA7 Then with garbage, and add one declaration in the #Else part, e.g.
#If VBA7 Then
ksjdhfg lkjsdh fgkjh,dlgf sldjkgflsd g 'obvious syntax error
#Else
Const vOlder As String = "older VBA"
Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" '... keep this part as it was
#End If
Then try to run this to see if it compiles:
Sub tester()
Debug.Print vOlder
End Sub
This should compile and run fine in Excel 2003 since it has an older version of VBA than 7.0. The stuff below #If VBA7 Then should get completely ignored (regardless of any syntax errors or anything else) and the stuff under #Else, e.g. vOlder, should be accessible.
Let us know if this helps you trace the error.