Re: VC Project Settings: Configurable Location of Source Files

From:

David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:05:53 -0500

Message-ID:

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ids wrote:

Hi,

Is it possible to parametrize the location of the source files added
to a VC project? What I mean by parametrization is the ability to
change the location (i.e. the directory) of the source files added to
a project, by way of a project settings macro such as $(InputDir) or a
compiler switch. (In fact, I'm looking for an equivalent to VPATH
found on Unix environments with make)

In the vcproj file source files are added in the following format:

<Files>
  <Filter
    Name="Source Files"
    Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
    UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
  >
  <File
    RelativePath=".\the\path\File.cpp">
  </File>
  ...

</Files>

Why is the attribute named "RelativePath"? Does it mean relative to
the project's directory or relative to some other configurable source
location?

Ishan:

Not quite sure what you are asking, but relative paths in the .vcproj file are
relative to the project directory (the location of the .vcproj file itself).

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP