[news.eclipse.tools.cdt] Re: Adding a Preprocessor Definition

[fstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (FStanley )]

Hello,

> I thought I was able to add a "symbol" or definition to the project 
> properties so that if I have something like:

> #ifdef FOO_DEFINED
> 	#include <somefile.h>
> #endif

> all the code above would be active and indexed. But after adding the 
> define in several locations the code is still marked as inactive.

This is absolutely possible. I use it all the time. When you say you are 
setting the properties, where exactly are you modifying?

You should be at Project->Properties and select C/C++ Build->Settings. 
Find under Tool settings, the preprocessor -D options. Add your 
FOO_DEFINED here. This will add -DFOO_DEFINED to your build script.

Or you could just add #define FOO_DEFINED to some include file and include 
that file in main.cpp when you need it.

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Forrest Stanley
Project Engineer
NetBurner, Inc
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