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I have dozens of directories to link, and doing it manually is cumbersome.
Is there a way to have VS get this data from a list in a file, or can I write some code to add additional include directories from a list? Or perhaps there is a configuration file where VS stores this data, which I can edit?
Thanks.
You could use a custom property sheet to provide the information in a .props file. See Share or reuse Visual Studio project settings
Thank you.
Rather than me struggling to figure out what to do, and just clicking things, could you please guide me on how to get the specific information in there.
I have no idea what I am doing here.
Thanks.
Add a new property sheet to your project. You can see it in the Property Manager pane after you expand the nodes as shown here -
Select the sheet you just added (here it is CustomIncludes) and display its properties. A windows will open as shown here -
In this example the custom property sheet adds the path to the folder containing include files to the VC++ Directories Include path -
After saving this is what it looks like -
The C++ project can then use include statements with angle brackets to find the custom headers -
The related .props file looks like this -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
<PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
<PropertyGroup>
<IncludePath>F:\Custom\Includes;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemDefinitionGroup />
<ItemGroup />
</Project>
It can be copied to another project and reused.
Thank you.
However, there must be something in between those steps I need to do, because after saving I get this:
Edit
I think I realize what I missed.
I'm currently building a project, so give me a moment to fix that, and get back to you.
In the meantime, does the custom directory contain sub-directories?
After you have inserted your property sheet and selected the VC++ directories include directories you must press the down arrow to edit the contents to add your path. As shown in the image I posted above the path F:\Custom\Includes was entered.
I realized that's what I failed to do.
Does the custom directory contain sub-directories? Would that work?
Add as many paths as you need, including paths that specify subdirectories.
It works beautifully!!!! Sub-directories and all!
This is now my favorite feature in Visual Studio.
Thank you very much!