4.3 Include Path

You must specify the include path in all your project files if you're using an IDE, and in any other relevant scripts or files that contain path information. In addition, you must be sure to use the proper path if you run your compiler from the command line.

The include path for Tools.h++ Professional header files is:

<rw_root>\workspaces\<OS+ver>\<COMPILER+ver>\<buildtype>

For example, for MSVC 6.0 on NT 4.0 with build type 7s:

<rw_root>\workspaces\WINNT4\MSVC60\7s

UNIX USERS: In the INCLUDE path, the operating system and compiler mnemonics must be UPPERCASE.

Appendix A lists the mnemonics for all the compilers and operating systems that Rogue Wave certifies. SPM appends version numbers to the mnemonics for your compiler and operating system. Section 2.6 explains <buildtype> information.

Note that Tools.h++ Professional header files are specified with a leading rw/toolpro. For example, the RWSocket header file is included in source as:

 
#include <rw/toolpro/socket.h>

This convention avoids potential naming conflicts with similarly named header files from other libraries. The rw/toolpro indicates that the header file is part of the Tools.h++ Professional set of libraries.

This means that the include path that you specify for your compiler will look something like this:

cl -I<rw_root>\workspaces\<OS+ver>\<COMPILER+ver>
     \<buildtype> ...

and not like this:

# WRONG!
cl -I<rw_root>\workspaces\<OS+ver>\<COMPILER+ver>
    \<buildtype>\rw\toolpro ...