No such file or directory - Visual Studio 2015 Linux C++

[bikeaccdnt]

I have been trying to simply include a header file for a project. No matter what I do it will now work unless I copy the source and header files to the project that uses it. Obviously this is not acceptable as the classes I have written will be used in many projects and I only want one version.

Folders:

C:\Temp\EmptyLinuxProject - This is an empty Linux project that creates a libEmptyLinuxProject.a that contains one class called SimpleClass.

Two files are in SimpleClass. SimpleClass.h, SimpleClass.cpp

SimpleClass.h

#pragma once

class SimpleClass
{
private:
int iInteger;
public:
SimpleClass();
~SimpleClass();
int GetInteger();
};

SimpleClass.cpp

#include "SimpleClass.h"

SimpleClass::SimpleClass()
{
iInteger = 100;
}

SimpleClass::~SimpleClass()
{
iInteger = 0;
}

int SimpleClass::GetInteger()
{
return iInteger;
}

I created EmptyLinuxProject and added SimpleClass.cpp and h and changed the output type to .a

That works fine, it compiles and creates a libEmptyLinuxProject.a

Here is the problem:

I create a new project LinuxConsoleApp

In Properties:All Configurations, All Platforms

VC++ Directories

Include Directories

C:\Temp\EmptyLinuxProject;$(IncludePath)

C/C++

Additional Include Directories:

C:\Temp\EmptyLinuxProject;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)

Linker

Additional Library Directories

C:\Temp\EmptyLinuxProject;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)

main.cpp

#include <cstdio>
#include <SimpleClass.h>

int main()
{
printf("hello from LinuxConsoleApp!\n");
return 0;
}

really doesn't do anything but when compiled I get No such file or directory.

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error SimpleClass.h: No such file or directory LinuxConsoleApp C:\Temp\LinuxConsoleApp\main.cpp 2

Notes:

In LinuxConsoleApp main.cpp I have tried the following to resolve:

#include "SimpleClass.h"

#include <SimpleClass.h>

#include <C:\Temp\EmptyLinuxProject\SimpleClass.h>

#include <C:\\Temp\\EmptyLinuxProject\\SimpleClass.h>

#include <..\EmptyLinuxProject\SimpleClass.h>









The only way I can use this class is to add a new item to the LinuxConsoleApp SimpleClass.cpp and SimpleClass.h, Copy the code from EmptyLinuxProject and it will compile and work but now I have two copies of the same code.

If I try to add the SimpleClass.cpp and SimpleClass.h as an existing item it will not work.

There is definitely something wrong with how VS handles new items vs. existing

When I use the Add Existing Item these lines are inserted into the .vcxproj file

<ItemGroup>
<ClCompile Include="..\EmptyLinuxProject\SimpleClass.cpp" />
<ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<ClInclude Include="..\EmptyLinuxProject\SimpleClass.h" />
</ItemGroup>

When I use the Add new item it adds these lines

<ItemGroup>
<ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
<ClCompile Include="SimpleClass.cpp" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<ClInclude Include="SimpleClass.h" />
</ItemGroup>

so it looks like the compiler cant resolve the directories for existing items.

Note: I manually changed the relative path to the full path and it does the same thing

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