Additional Include Directories Difficulties

Question

I'm trying to include the FTGL library into my graphics project, but I keep getting c1083 error whenever I try to include the main header file:

#include <include/FTGL/ftgl.h>

I have added the path $(Project1)include\FTGL to "Additional Include Directories" and VC++ Include Directories to no avail. Project1 is the main solution folder and "include" is the folder where the headers for glew and whatnot are.

What am I doing wrong? Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

The rules here are very simple. Say you have a file on your hard drive:

C:\abc\def\include\FTGL\ftgl.h

Then you need to add an include path C:\abc\def to your project and the include statement:

#include <include/FTGL/ftgl.h>

This was tested 1000 times. Works fine! Once you will make this working, start experimenting with $(Project1) and other VS variables.