Re: How can I specify dependencies in VS2005 like I did in VC 6?

From:

Alex Blekhman <xfkt@oohay.moc>

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microsoft.public.vc.ide_general

Date:

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:30:13 +0300

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Anthony Wieser wrote:

Back in VC6, it used to be possible to right click a file in the file
view tab of workspace pane, and specify that a file depended on another
file.

I'm trying to get all of this to work on VS2005, but it doesn't seem
possible. In fact, I'm having trouble figuring out if dependencies work
at all, as sometimes my builds don't seem to rebuild correctly if I
change header files.

What I want to do is automatically generate a .h file from custom
properties set in a project (a vsprops file I added), and then include
that .h file in the build of my .rc file, via the resource includes.

You can specify custom build rules or run necessary commands
on pre-build event. Here's brief description of the order of
build events:

"Understanding Custom Build Steps and Build Events"
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e85wte0k(vs.80).aspx

Here's good example of using custom build steps:

"Understanding Custom Build Rules in Visual C++ 2005:
Building Flex and Bison Files from the IDE"
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730877(vs.80).aspx

HTH
Alex