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Information on project_loc variable

LegacyForum
LegacyForum Posts: 1,664 ✭✭
edited December 2016 in C/C++test
I am running VS 2008 with the integrated C++Test. Sometime when I run C++Test everything is fine, but other times, I have to remove the ${project_loc} and replace it with a hardcoded path.

How and where is project_loc defined within C++Test? Not sure why it is getting overwritten or why C++Test can not recognize the project_loc. I want to make sure that it is set correctly or that I have not removed this setting.

Thanks
James
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  • LegacyForum
    LegacyForum Posts: 1,664 ✭✭

    I am running VS 2008 with the integrated C++Test. Sometime when I run C++Test everything is fine, but other times, I have to remove the ${project_loc} and replace it with a hardcoded path.

    How and where is project_loc defined within C++Test? Not sure why it is getting overwritten or why C++Test can not recognize the project_loc. I want to make sure that it is set correctly or that I have not removed this setting.

    Thanks
    James

    Hi,

    project_loc is going to refer to the location of the project in the workspace, (usually in your documents and settings directory, it is *NOT* necessarily where your source code is.

    resource_loc is probably what you want, rather than hard-coding the paths, for example, suppose your project is named Foo, and one of your source files is named: zork.cpp.

    ${resource_loc:/Foo/zork.cpp}

    will expand to the correct location for that resource. This is an excellent way of specifying locations of makefiles as well.

    --Rich

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