Unable to include rapidjson library in VS2017

Question

I am trying to include the rapidjson library in my VS community 2017 project.

On creating a new project, I tried including/adding the directory rapidjson-master\include\rapidjsonat the following places :

1. Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories.

2. Properties -> Configuration Properties -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories.

Either way, when I try to include a rapidjson related file, VS tells me that it cannot find the source file.

So, when i give this :

#include "rapidjson/document.h"
#include "rapidjson/writer.h"
#include "rapidjson/stringbuffer.h"

I get the following errors :

Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "rapidjson/document.h"

Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "rapidjson/writer.h"

Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "rapidjson/stringbuffer.h"

VS Info :

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017

Version 15.6.3

Let me know if you know the right way to use rapidjson in Visual Studio.

EDIT :

The rapidjson documentation advises us to "just copy the include/rapidjson folder to system or project's include path".

Answer 1

After spending some time trying to figure out why it wasn't including the external libraries, I finally found my solution.

When I was adding the path to my additional include directories, I was doing it under the following configuration :

Configuration : Debug

Platform : x64.

However, in my VS2017, every time I create a new project, the default configuration that is set for compilation/run is as follows :

Configuration : Debug

Platform : x86

The main reason behind my problem was the mismatch of platforms between configuring the project and compiling the project. So, I guess it's always better to check if the platform and configuration is the same in such cases.

Additional Info : ( regarding the comments and the other answer to this question )

It doesn't matter if the directory included is rapidjson-master\include\rapidjson or rapidjson-master\include\. In the former we include the files as #include "document.h" and in the latter it would be #include "rapidjson/document.h".