Student C++

[crazyla565]

Hi, new to C++. I am doing an online class and everyone in the class is using different compilers and platforms. I am using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows ME. Someone told me how to compile a program using .cpp extensions, using compile and execute under build. Now we are coding headers and classes and they won't compile because they can't find the header and class files. I tried adding files to project, but that didn't work.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Jane

 

[aphrodita]

In the main .cpp file you have to :

#include "your_header.h"
Best Regards,

aphrodita@mail.krovatka.ru {uiuc rules}

http://www.hellforge.org

 

[crazyla565]

I have saved the header using the extention .h and have written it as a separate file under source header, but it still won't be seen by the program or class.

Why?

Jane

 

[aphrodita]

Did you #include it ? Best Regards,

aphrodita@mail.krovatka.ru {uiuc rules}

http://www.hellforge.org

 

[chiph]

Don't forget that if you're including headers that aren't in the current directory, or in one of the "standard" directories, you'll need to modify the search path used by Visual C++ -- look in the Options dialog.

Chip H.

 

[crazyla565]

Thanks, aphrodita for your response. I did, however, already #include "header.h" in main program and classes.

Chip,
Thanks for your response also, but can you elaborate a little more and tell me where the options dialog is, and is the search path given when you save the header or some where else. I think this is the problem, but I just haven't found where to set the path.

Thanks.

Jane

 

[chiph]

You get to the options dialog (in VC++ 6, anyway) via:

Tools
[tab]Options
[tab]Directories Tab

Change the right-hand dropdown to "Include Files". Leave the default directories alone (probably a good idea to write them down right now so that if they get screwed up you can get them back to original). Double-click on the dotted-box at the bottom of the list. You can then browse to the directory where your headers are stored. Remember that this affects all projects you work on in VC++, not just the current one.

In C/C++ there are two kinds of include directives. If you use the angle-brackets ( #include <somefile.h> )the compiler won't check the current directory, and just searches the list of directories you saw in the options dialog. If you use double-quotes ( #include &quot;MyFile.h&quot; ), it will check the current directory before it checks the search path.

Chip H.

 

[Cagliostro]

Hi
There is a option for the compiller:
-i path_to_include John Fill