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bqui56
bqui56

Reputation: 2121

What does this MSVC symbol mean?

I noticed this little sign on a project source file and didn't know what it meant.

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 213

Answers (2)

Ajay
Ajay

Reputation: 18429

In addition to Steve's answer, I would add:

  • Your project/solution may have multilple configurations (Debug/Release, Win32/x64, and other custom configurations like "HighPerformance", "ForMobile", "ManagedDLL"), and you may like not to have set of source files get compiled. For, this you may put them into "Excludes".
  • To put into exclusion, just select the source file (.CPP, .C), open property page for it, and set "Excluded from Build" to Yes. To make it part of build process (i.e. let it compile), set this property to No.
  • Header Files need not to be put into exclusions, as they wont be compiled by compiler, it is just for programmer's view. Headers are only compiled when some source file do include them.

Upvotes: 2

Steve Fallows
Steve Fallows

Reputation: 6424

It means the file has been configured to be ignored (not compiled) in the project.

The specific option is called 'Exclude From Build' in the General property.

Upvotes: 5

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