I’ve recently begun a fairly small 2D project using SFML and TinyXML and have had these working fine until recently. I’ve organised my folder structures in a personal yet mobile state so that I can copy it across to another computer and resume without any extra set-up.
However, whenever compiling I’m receiving issues including files.
spaaace\source\xmlparser.h(4): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘TinyXML\tinyxml.h’: No such file or directory
So I figured I must have forgotten to update the ‘additional include directories’ (which by the way, there is only one), but no, still the same issue.
This seems like such a simple little issue and I’m sure I’ll slap myself in the face once I find the cause. I’ve spent over half an hour trying to fix it, Google it, and so forth.
To clarify, my project structure is somewhat like this:
base\include\SFML
base\include\TinyXML
base\project\debug
base\project\release
base\project\project\source\
With all my actual source files in the last one.
I’ve selected the include folder at least half a dozen times now via ‘C/C++ > General > Additional Include Directories’ with no change.
I’ve tried including the folder about 20 different ways and the only one that seems to work is using a complete path (e.g. C:\users\admin\desktop\project\include) which seems impractical. I also find it impractical having to dump the entire include directory into my project which defeats the purpose of it in the first place.
I’ve tried:
>
include “tinyxml.h”
include “TinyXML/tinyxml.h”
include “include/TinyXML/tinyxml.h”
include “../TinyXML/tinyxml.h”
include “../../TinyXML/tinyxml.h”
include “../include/TinyXML/tinyxml.h”
include “../include/TinyXML/tinyxml.h”
and so forth, as well as using <>s instead of “”s.
Just one more note, it’s not just TinyXML that’s having this issue, SFML too; it’s not file specific.
The additional directory paths are relative to the your project file’s (.vcxproj) location. So, given that your project file is located in base/project directory, you may specify one additional dir:
..\include
And then go with including:
Angle brackets are used to direct the compiler to start the search from the search locations, not from the directory, where the header/cpp with this directive is located.