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#Include a header file at a certain location
May 11th, 2013 at 9:47am
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Hi,

I want to just include a header file that is at a certain location on my file system. I don't want to follow the (Library) rules of the Arduino IDE (if I liked those, I would be using that IDE) and just want to do it how you would normally do it in a (Visual) C++ project.

* Adding an include directory to the project settings does not work for these directories are reinitialized with each build - WHY!?

It shouldn't be hard but I cannot get it to work.
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Re: #Include a header file at a certain location
Reply #1 - May 11th, 2013 at 2:30pm
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The C++ includes are not used for compile they are only used to force vs to show the correct intellisense. 

I am actually thinking about how we might allow some C++ propertyies to be used which are then applied to builds but there is a great danger that things will become confusing and prone to support problems for users that do not understand the reasoning. So right now they are entirely ignored.

Obviously as soon as you add your own include paths you will be outside of Arduino compatibility simply because you will not longer be able to compile your sketch using the Arduino IDE. No great loss I know but there is always the chance in the future that vm breaks in which case there will be no interim fall back option.

Having said all that, this has been requested a few times and it would be nice to allow the arduino build process to be further expanded.

Alternative?

How about a semi-colon list of� "Additional Includes" property similar to "Constants - Project" which allows you to specify include paths that are used for both intellisense and compile?

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Reply #2 - May 11th, 2013 at 7:59pm
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Why not make two project templates. One that is completely Arduino compatible and restricted and one that is advanced and allows customization of all the bells and whistles..?

  
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Reply #3 - May 11th, 2013 at 8:55pm
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It might be complicated to design the ui to handle this. 

How would users switch between them and clearly know which they are in. 

Maybe just a simple project setting to say use some c++ properties. Which ones would apply?
  
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