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Dan Forever
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 Posted - May 09 2019 : 07:25:55 AM
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In order to simplify #include paths across the various projects that comprise our solution, each vcxproj now has Configuration Properties->VC++ Directories->Include Directories set to:
$(SolutionDir);$(IncludePath)
This means a cpp in one project can simply do:
#include <MyOtherProject/somefile.h>
rather than:
#include "../../../MyOtherProject/somefile.h"
However, this seems to confuse visual assist when the option in C/C++ Directories is set to "Project Defined". In this particular instance a whole bunch of symbols start being rendered as if they were external to the solution. Also, alt-g seems to fail a lot more in general.
Switching the platform the x64 seems to have improved the behaviour of visual assist quite a bit (though I need to stick with it a bit more to be sure).
I'm wondering if it would be possible for VAX to only consider files and symbols to be external (or "system") if they weren't explicitly brought in by the vcxproj? |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - May 10 2019 : 07:12:17 AM
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Out of interest, why did you put these include directories into the "VC++ Directories" setting? Include directories listed here are considered to be stable include directories by VA, rather than just additional directories to check for your project.
If you just want to tell VA about extra include directories to check for your project, you should set them via:
Project properties -> C/C++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories
Not exactly obvious though, to be fair. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Dan Forever
Junior Member
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Posted - May 13 2019 : 05:13:03 AM
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It wasn't my choice, it was made before I joined the team.
Do you think moving this from "VC++ Directories" to "Additional Include Directories" will help VAX? 'cause in both cases, we're pointing to headers that are also part of the current solution. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - May 13 2019 : 09:26:03 AM
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VA makes the assumption that stable include directories are NOT part of the solution. When you consider that stable include directories normally are thinks like standard Windows headers and 3rd party libraries, like Boost, this makes sense.
So you won't get ideal results telling VA that parts of your solution are stable include directories, which may well be what is causing this problem. By "definition" stable include directories are not seen as part of your solution, so VA will think these header files and symbols are outside of your solution.
So as a first test can you please try moving these include directories to the "C/C++ -> General" setting, and then tell VA to rebuild its symbol database, via:
VA Options -> Performance -> Rebuild symbol databases
and now restart the IDE. This is because stable include directories are being changed here, but VA does not normally reparse these, since they don't normally change. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
Edited by - feline on May 13 2019 09:34:26 AM |
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VAX confused by include directories
