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Separate folders for .h and .cpp files? [message #1105811]

Tue, 10 September 2013 09:53

Anders Tangedal Nordeide

Messages: 3
Registered: September 2013

Junior Member

Hi

I was trying to separate my header files from my (cpp) implementation bye storing them in two different source folders however eclipse then tells the compiler to look for the xxx.h file in the same folder as the xxx.cpp (or the other way around, I can't remember ATM) file which causes the compiler to stop as it can't find the specified file. Is there any way to create such folders in Eclipse and get around this issue. The folders don't need to be created in the actual filesystem. Just in the view so it becomes a bit more manageable on larger projects.

I do bye the way realize that i can achieve this sort of effect with a make file, but i hardly have any experience using make and as such I would like the IDE to handle compiler input.

Thank you in advance for any feedback Wink

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Re: Separate folders for .h and .cpp files? [message #1105959 is a reply to message #1105811]

Tue, 10 September 2013 13:52

David Wegener

Messages: 1445
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

This should work if you mark the include folder as a C++ source folder. Right click include folder and select Use as Source folder (or something similar) from context menu.

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