To add new include files to the project:
- Right-click the project in Solution Explorer.
- Click
Add >
New Item.
- In the left pane, click
PL/I Items, and click
PL/I Include.
The default name of the file is
Include1.inc.
- Click
Add.
Note: When an include file is added in this way, its build action is set to
"None". To see this, click the file in Solution Explorer and check the
Properties window to notice the value of the
Build Action option.
To add existing include files:
- Go to the project's properties, and open the
Dependency Paths tab.
- Specify the directory containing the include files under
PL/I Include Paths.
- Right-click the project in Solution Explorer.
- Click
Add >
Existing Item and browse to the location of the include file.
- Select the include file you want to add to the project.
- Click
Add.
Note: You need to add the include files to the project so that the build process will recognize when an include file has changed
and will recompile the appropriate programs. It will also help with features such as Find in Files.