how to configure platform SDK in VC++express

[Lloyd Dupont]

I have downloaded & installed both VC++ express and the platform SDK.
Now I want to compile some win32 source code but it doesn't, it don't find
the headers.
Now I guess I could add the PlatformSDK's lib & include directories in my
project.

But the problem is, unfortunately everything is intsalled on the F: drive
and I would like to share my project with a friend.
And I would like him to just have to hit 'F5' and run the project.
So I wonder if there is a way to configure VC++ express and the platform SDK
so that if my project goes on some else's computer who also happen to have
VC++ express and the platform SDK it just runs!

Is there a way to do that?

 

[David Wilkinson]

I have downloaded & installed both VC++ express and the platform SDK.
Now I want to compile some win32 source code but it doesn't, it don't find
the headers.
Now I guess I could add the PlatformSDK's lib & include directories in my
project.

But the problem is, unfortunately everything is intsalled on the F: drive
and I would like to share my project with a friend.
And I would like him to just have to hit 'F5' and run the project.
So I wonder if there is a way to configure VC++ express and the platform SDK
so that if my project goes on some else's computer who also happen to have
VC++ express and the platform SDK it just runs!

Is there a way to do that?

Lloyd:

You should be adding these paths to the Visual Studio Application, not
to an individual project. The way to do this is not so obvious if you do
not know where to look (like many things, in VC6 it was very
intuitive..). But here is the closely guarded secret:

Tools->Options->Projects->VC++ Directories

Actually, this is in Visual Studio 2003; hope it's the same in 2005.

HTH,

David Wilkinson

 

[Lloyd Dupont]

Actually, this is in Visual Studio 2003; hope it's the same in 2005.
ho.. yeah!
great thanks you!