#pragma for catching errors in C compilers?

[Nosferatu]

Hello!

I am using MSVC 6.0 and I wonder if there's any way to catch a compiler error during compile time and output a descriptive error text.

What I am trying to do is if a certain header was not included in the project (or not found in the specified path), output a descriptive error message.
What I have now is:

#include "..\..\..\_XmlToDcm_Lib\Source\IncXmlToDcm.h"

#ifndef XMLTODCM_INCLUDED
#error MMMToDcm FATAL ERROR: XMLToDCM libary Headers must be present! This program cannot be built without XmlToDcm static library
#endif

If the file included is not found, the compilation stops before outputing the error message.
Is there any way I can print that message?
The code works if the "include" statement is commented out, of corse - which has the equivalent effect of not defining XMLTODCM_INCLUDED macro. [red]Nosferatu[/red]
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[babusats]

Compiler gives you an error message if # include fails & stops compilation , this should alert the user. # pragma which sets compiler warning levels may not be applicable for this.