How to auto-generate .cpp and .h file in a pre-build event using Visual C++ 6.0

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I'm want to use a pre-build event in Visual C++ 6.0 to run a script which will automatically generate a .cpp and .h files, but I am not sure how these files could add to project ... So when I build the project
1) script has to generate .cpp and .h files
2) Needs to add these files to project
3) Has to do a rebuild all.

can any point me in a right direction to achieve this ? any sample application also appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.

SKS

Posted 11-Aug-10 11:43am

kishoresajja

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Sauro Viti · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-12T00:28:00

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If the generated files are always the same (same number of files and same names), you can run your script manually, then add the generated files to your project; after that, each time you rebuild the project, the files will be re-generated, then compiled.

Posted 12-Aug-10 0:28am

Sauro Viti

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kishoresajja 12-Aug-10 10:30am

Hi Sauro,
Thanks for your response, I thought the same approach but these I am not sure what would be the case if these auto generated files has to be used by other files in the project. I mean if these files are re-generated every time we do a rebuild then how the other files will include these auto generated files ?

Is there a way to force certain files to re-generate every time we rebuild our project? If not once we added these auto generated files manually how come they re-generated every time we rebuild ? Aren't they just normal files once we add them manually ? please bear with me ..

Sauro Viti 12-Aug-10 11:01am

On Visual Studio the pre-build step is executed before than compiling and linking steps, then you have to put the command for executing your script in the pre-build step command line.
This way your script is executed each time you build or rebuild your project; after that all the files in the project are compiled, then all includes are processed properly.

kishoresajja 13-Aug-10 13:01pm

Thanks Sauro,

I will try this and will get back to you If I had any questions. Once again I really appreciate your help.

SKS

kishoresajja 17-Aug-10 13:18pm

I add the files that are the input to create the .cpp/.h files to the project and gave those a custom build step and it is working fine.. thanks sauro for your time