Re: Added Project stays as a reference???

From:

"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Mon, 1 May 2006 13:53:15 -0400

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Robby <Robby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

So, now I copy all the source, header,and resource files from
ProjectA to ProjectB and then delete ProjectA.

So now I am left with ProjectB which contains a copy of all the
source, header and resource files that I had in ProjectA.

Now, In ProjectB, if I delete a couple of lines in one of my source
.cpp files, then this textual modification, is reflected right back
to ProjectA.

Why....???

Well, you have the same physical file referenced in both projects. When
you edit said file (using IDE with Project A open, IDE with Project B
open, or with Notepad, or in any other way) both projects would see the
changes, naturally.

After all, when you #include <windows.h> in all your projects, and then
install a new version of Platform SDK with an updated copy of the
header, you are not surprised that all your projects suddenly see the
new header, right?
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to
land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. -- RFC 1925