header files

[markyjj]

Can anybody help with the following subject please

Ive made a program in C++ and stated that there is a header file
(headerfile.h)to be used. However, when I compile the program a message
appears saying that it is unable to include the header file.

Im not sure where I actually define the header file. Can this be defined
in notepad or a directory within the program or within the same directory
as Microsoft Visual Studio, the software that am using?

Any help would be very much appreciated...thanks

 

[Neelesh Bodas]

Can anybody help with the following subject please

Ive made a program in C++ and stated that there is a header file
(headerfile.h)to be used. However, when I compile the program a message
appears saying that it is unable to include the header file.

Im not sure where I actually define the header file. Can this be defined
in notepad or a directory within the program or within the same directory
as Microsoft Visual Studio, the software that am using?

You can create the header file in the same directory as that of the C++
source file and include it using doubles quotes
#include "headerfile.h"

 

[davidrubin]

Alternatively, you can include it using brackets (<>), and add a "-I"
rule telling your compiler to look in the current (or any other)
directory for header files.

 

[Victor Bazarov]

Alternatively, you can include it using brackets (<>), and add a "-I"
rule telling your compiler to look in the current (or any other)
directory for header files.

I think you're waaaaay into implementation-specific area here, and as
such, are veeeery close to off-topicality. Please confide your answers
to Standard C++ and if you do want to provide a compiler-specific
advice, always indicate what compiler you're referring to. Thanks!

 

[markyjj]

Thnaks for the advice...however, I defined the header file in the same
directory as the source code and I still get the same error message i.e
cannot indlude header file.

I include the header as "headerfile.h" in the source code and saved the
actual defined header as headerfile.h using noted pad.

Any further advice would be great..

 

[Victor Bazarov]

Thnaks for the advice...however, I defined the header file in the same
directory as the source code and I still get the same error message i.e
cannot indlude header file.

I include the header as "headerfile.h" in the source code and saved the
actual defined header as headerfile.h using noted pad.

Any further advice would be great..

Seems that you're having a compiler-specific problem. Perhaps you should
consider asking in the newsgroup dedicated to that compiler. Try
'microsofot.public.vc.project_mgt' or 'microsoft.public.vc.language' for
your next query on this subject.

 

[Marcus Kwok]

Thnaks for the advice...however, I defined the header file in the same
directory as the source code and I still get the same error message i.e
cannot indlude header file.

I include the header as "headerfile.h" in the source code and saved the
actual defined header as headerfile.h using noted pad.

Any further advice would be great..

<OT>
Sometimes Windows Notepad has a nasty habit of adding a ".txt" to the
end of filenames, so "headerfile.h" may have become "headerfile.h.txt".
When you save in Notepad, use double-quotes when you type the filename
(like "headerfile.h") and it won't add the extra ".txt". Also,
depending on your Explorer settings, it may hide file extensions so you
might not even see that this has happened.
</OT>