visual studio compile rules

From: jchiller (jasonchiller_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/31/04


Date: 31 Mar 2004 12:41:47 -0800

All,

Does anyone know if there is a way to get Visual Studio to display the
reason it is compiling a file during a build? For example, I start a
build on Project A and Visual Studio determines it needs to compile
file xyz.cpp b/c the source file is newer then the object file. So
ideally the Output window would display something saying the source is
out of date or that a header file the source includes is newer then
the object file.

I have a project that seems to rebuild alot more then it should and
would like to know why. I would like a way examine the reasons why
Visual Studio compiles what it does during a build. Any suggestions
would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.



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