Cfitsio Error in VC ++ 6.0

I am interfacing two software among which one is using sfits library for processing the fits images , when compile the program it shows error in XLOCALE file,which recides in vc98 / include folder , im using vc 6.0 with XP ,

error : error C2955: 'ctype' : use of class template requires template argument list C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio6\VC98\INCLUDE\xlocale(513) : see declaration of 'ctype'

error is pointing to line : int fits_get_compression_type(fitsfile *fptr, int *ctype, int *status);

and in XLOCALE file its pointing to :

template<class _E>
        class ctype : public ctype_base {
public:
        typedef _E char_type;

        ctype(const _Locinfo& _Lobj, size_t _R = 0)
                : ctype_base(_R) {_Init(_Lobj); }
        static size_t __cdecl _Getcat()
                {return (_LC_CTYPE); }
_PROTECTED:
        virtual ~ctype()
                {if (_Ctype._Delfl)
                        free((void *)_Ctype._Table); }
protected:


     开发者_JAVA技巧   virtual const _E *do_narrow(const _E *_F, const _E *_L,
                char, char *_V) const
                {for (; _F != _L; ++_F, ++_V)
                        *_V = (char)_NARROW(_E, *_F);
                return (_F); }
private:
        _Locinfo::_Ctypevec _Ctype;
        };
template<class _E>
        locale::id ctype<_E>::id;

Thanks in advance...

ctype is a template for a type, not a type itself. Your parameter would have to be ctype<char> or ctype<wchar_t> depending on what character type you use.