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.NET Forum / Languages / Managed C++ / April 2006Project seetings being ignored in VS2003 - is this a bug?
I am pretty close to the end of my tether at the moment. I have a project which requires some header fies - which happen to be located in another folder (the relative path from where my sources are is simply (..\include). For the life of me, I can't get VC7 to 'grok' the headers during a build. This is how I set the additional includers (someone correct me if I'm doing something wrong): 1). Select appropriate project in solution viewer (actually only 1 project in soln anyways) 2). Select Project->Settings from menu 3). In the property pages dlg box, I click on Resources->General 4). I select 'Additional Include Directories' and type in either '..\include' or '[full_patname]\include' - BOTH DONT WORK. I still get 'file not found' error when I attempt to build: c:\devtools\pgdev\libpq++\pgconnection.h(30): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'libpq-fe.h': No such file or directory WTF? By the way, I have checked and the files do exist, so thats not the problem. >I am pretty close to the end of my tether at the moment. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >By the way, I have checked and the files do exist, so thats not the problem. The Resources tab is for the resource compiler, not the C++ compiler. Try the "Additional Include Directories" under the C/C++ General tab.  SignatureDoug Harrison Visual C++ MVP > I am pretty close to the end of my tether at the moment. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > 2). Select Project->Settings from menu > 3). In the property pages dlg box, I click on Resources->General This is the wrong place - you're defining additional includes for the resource compiler. You need to set them in Project->Settings, C++ -> General -> Additional Include -cd >>I am pretty close to the end of my tether at the moment. >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -cd Thanks Carl. You see this what I love so much about Microsoft software. It is SO VERY reliable - compared to g++/make etc (Yeah RIGHT). My point is, in previous projects, when I have been so fortunate as to 'have' to use MSCV, I have used exactly the setting syou described. However, back then, I noticed that sometimes, the option you suggested (Project->Settings, C++ -> General -> Additional Include) is available, and sometimes it is not. I wrote to ask people in this ng some time last year, what on earthwas going on. People happily ignored my post or tried to convince me that that cannot be happening. I promptly dropped MSVC, and did not use it gaain. Unfortunately, I have to use it for this project - and hey presto, the same problem crops up again. By the way here is some extra info (if that does help): MSDEV ver: 7.1.3088 .Net Framework: 1.1.4322 Project type: DLL Carl, the menu you suggested, is not available. Please advice. Hi Bit byte, >>>I am pretty close to the end of my tether at the moment. >>> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Carl, the menu you suggested, is not available. Please advice. I have the same versoin numbers, and I can see this setting for my projects. How have you created your project? > Hi Bit byte, > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > I have the same versoin numbers, and I can see this setting for my projects. > How have you created your project? Marcus: File -> new Project Visual C++ Projects-> Win32->Win32 Project Application Settings: App Type: DLL Additional options: Empty project Only other point to note is that my cpp files have extension *.cc (can't see why this would be a prob though - since I changed the filter property for the 'Source Files' folder. >> I have the same versoin numbers, and I can see this setting for my >> projects. How have you created your project? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > see why this would be a prob though - since I changed the filter property > for the 'Source Files' folder. Even if I use the .cc extension, I can see that option. If you look at the configuration properties for a C++ file and check the setting for General -> Tool, do you see the setting "C/C++ compiler Tool"? >>>I have the same versoin numbers, and I can see this setting for my >>>projects. How have you created your project? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > configuration properties for a C++ file and check the setting for General -> > Tool, do you see the setting "C/C++ compiler Tool"? No. This is *PRECISELY* my point. The "C/C++ ..." menu under general is no longer available. What I did not (bizzarely though) is that if I do not choose the 'Empty Project' option, I have this menu option. However, if I remove the stdafx.h and other crap it generates and replace them with my own source files, I have this problem. I know I shouldn't antagonize you because you're probably going to be the one who helps me - but I'm really having to hold back the torrent of abuse I want to direct to this mickey mouse Windoze environment and its assortment of 'developer tools' - there I (almost) said it ... Arghh ! > No. This is *PRECISELY* my point. The "C/C++ ..." menu under general is no > longer available. What I did not (bizzarely though) is that if I do not > choose the 'Empty Project' option, I have this menu option. However, if I > remove the stdafx.h and other crap it generates and replace them with my > own source files, I have this problem. IIRC, the C++ options won't appear in the project properties unless there's at least one file that's recognized as being a C++ file, and I'm pretty certain that .cc isn't in that list for VC7. With VC8 (2005) there's an option to add new file extensions to the list recognized as C++ (or any other language). I don't recall if that option is available for VC7 (or VC7.1), and I don't have VC7 installed anymore to check myself, but I think that's where your problem lies. A simple way to confirm (perhaps you've already done this?): if you rename your files to .cpp (or just rename a single file), does the option then show up in project properties? -cd >>No. This is *PRECISELY* my point. The "C/C++ ..." menu under general is no >>longer available. What I did not (bizzarely though) is that if I do not [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -cd And the prize goes to .... Carl (incidentally, my name sake). Thanks Carl, It was the .cc extension that screwed things up. I renamed the files and tested it after a few flag settings (this is a cross platform lib I 'm building), I managed to create the dll - Phew, Now to test the darn thing ... :-) > IIRC, the C++ options won't appear in the project properties unless there's > at least one file that's recognized as being a C++ file, and I'm pretty > certain that .cc isn't in that list for VC7. With VC8 (2005) there's an > option to add new file extensions to the list recognized as C++ (or any > other language). I don't recall if that option is available for VC7 (or isn't it in Tools > Options > Projects > VC++ Build ? B. Hi Bronek, >> IIRC, the C++ options won't appear in the project properties unless >> there's at least one file that's recognized as being a C++ file, and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> > isn't it in Tools > Options > Projects > VC++ Build ? Yep, it's there in my VC7.1 install, and the default includes *.cc, so it probably doesn't affect what the project system thinks is C++... -- Best regards, Kim Gräsman > Hi Bronek, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Yep, it's there in my VC7.1 install, and the default includes *.cc, > so it probably doesn't affect what the project system thinks is C++... That sounds familiar - it's there, but it only partially works. Something along the lines of enabling C++ syntax highlighting, but not cluing the project system in that .cc is a C++ file. IIRC, there's a registry entry that can be hacked to get new file extensions to work in 7.1. -cd >> Even if I use the .cc extension, I can see that option. If you look at >> the configuration properties for a C++ file and check the setting for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > remove the stdafx.h and other crap it generates and replace them with my > own source files, I have this problem. The subtrees of configuration properties depend on the tool that is selected. If you click on "General", you should at least see the properties "Exclude From Build" and "Tool". If you set the property "Tool" to "C++ Compiler Tool" and click "Apply", the C/C++ subtree should appear. Q1: Do you see the "General" subtree and the "Exclude From Build" and "Tool"? Q2: What is the setting for your "Tool" property? > I know I shouldn't antagonize you because you're probably going to be the > one who helps me - but I'm really having to hold back the torrent of abuse > I want to direct to this mickey mouse Windoze environment and its > assortment of 'developer tools' - there I (almost) said it ... Arghh ! No worries :-) I would bet that most complains about Microsoft are written in Word :-) >> Even if I use the .cc extension, I can see that option. If you look at >> the configuration properties for a C++ file and check the setting for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > remove the stdafx.h and other crap it generates and replace them with my > own source files, I have this problem. if I rename all cpp files to cc files, the C++ tab disappears from the project properties sheet. if I check the properties of the cc file itself, it still has the possibility to select the compiler tool (C or C++) i think cc is not recognized as a c/cpp extension. > I know I shouldn't antagonize you because you're probably going to be the > one who helps me - but I'm really having to hold back the torrent of abuse > I want to direct to this mickey mouse Windoze environment and its > assortment of 'developer tools' - there I (almost) said it ... Arghh ! I have done large projects on linux with gcc/make as well. It has its own share of quirks :) I suggest trying Carl's suggestion of renaming the files to cpp, and then under configuration properties->C/C++ ->general add ..\include to 'additional include directories'. That should solve the problem i think. SignatureKind regards, Bruno van Dooren bruno_nos_pam_van_dooren@hotmail.com Remove only "_nos_pam"
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