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Search Microsoft include places before my places

I am using Microsoft VC6. I want to search for .h files in the Microsoft places before my places. Is there a way?

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I can't change the source because it is common source between Linux and Microsoft. So I'm hoping I can tell VC6 to search the Microsoft places before my places.

AndyAinscow

Have a wrapper for your custom stuff

MyHeader.h which contains
#include ".\customheaders\windows.h" //the customised header with the same name BUT in a subdirectory

and in your app
#include "windows.h" //standard windows header
#include "MyHeader.h" //and this will then find the duplicately named customised header

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I had created such a wrapper. I will try it again as you suggested. In my case it is stddef.h which is included by the program as #include <linux/stddef.h>. So I made a linux directory and put a stddef.h there with #include <stddef.h>.

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That worked. My mistake was that I had put the linux directory in my include search path.

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But for future reference I'm still wondering if there is a way to tell Microsoft to search its include directories before my include directories.

AndyAinscow

order of includes - not that I know of to do what you wanted.