Every time while relocate : Add Files to Project

Hi,

In our project there are many files I have to add from different directories. And that is working fine. But if I

relocate that project folder then path of all the added files is changed. And I have to delete those files and add

the same files again every time. Is there any way to give relative path to this files so if I change the location

then I need not add all the files again.

Thanks

The files are always added using a relative path as long as this is possible (that is when the file you add is on the same drive as the project file).

Note that even if you use relative paths you need to move both the project and the files and keep the same "relativeness" between them.

- add an environment variable called let's say SRC_ROOT. Make it point to whatever location where your sources are.

- unload your project from Visual Studio

- edit the vcproj file using Wordpad

- replace any path pointing to your files with something like $(SRC_ROOT)\myfile.cpp

- save and load the project again

Whenever you relocate your project is enough to give a proper value to the SRC_ROOT environment variable and everything will work fine.

For example, let's say your sources are C:\MyProject\MyClass.cpp and C:\MyProject\MyClass.h

The .vcproj should be edited to look like (just a snapshot):