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Including files in a VS2010 project

Suppose I have a C++ project in Visual Studio 2010 in Windows 7 with the following structure:

ProjectFolder
|
|_FirstFolder
|   some_header.h
|
|_SecondFolder
    main.cpp

In order to include the some_header.h into main.cpp I have to write #include <../FirstFolder/some_header.h> in the that source file.

It is rather cumbersome to use the UNIX directory shortcuts like . and .. and some standards like this one even prohibit to do this. Can I somehow live without the UNIX shortcuts? I would like to directly include files starting the navigation from the project folder like this #include <FirstFolder/some_header.h>, but this does not seem to work.

Solution

  • Try adding the home directory of your project as additional include directory(Project->Properties->C/C++->General->Additional Include Directories) I think this should work.