Enable/Disable Full C/C++ Indexer
Users can choose which indexer they wish to use on a specific
project by bringing up the project properties and
selecting an indexer from the available indexer list.
Enable Full C/C++ Indexer
Build Info
In order for the Full C/C++ Indexer to successfully index your project,
it is necessary to set up your project's build info.
This build info is used by the parser to find the paths specified
within your source files. Note that without
any build info,
the full C/C++ indexer will just skip
over all files.
For Managed Make projects,
some build info is provided by default when a project gets first
created. This default info is
enough to allow the indexer to index the entire project. However, it is
possible that some internal include paths could still be
missing. In this case a warning marker will appear next to the
inclusion that was not found and a corresponding entry will appear
in the Problems view.
For Standard Make projects, no
build info is provided by default. However, if you rebuild your project
the Scanner Discovery will
kick in - regardless if you have an actual makefile - and
populate some default build info. For more information see the Set Discovery
Options page.
For both types of projects you can always add build paths manually by
right clicking on the project properties.
Enabling the indexer
To enable the Full C/C++ Indexer:
- Right click on the project and select Properties > C/C++
Indexer
- Select the Full C/C++ Indexer (declarations and cross
references)
- Click OK
This will throw away whatever old index was around for the current
project and start a new reindex of the entire project using the full
C/C++ Indexer.
Disable Full C/C++ Indexer
To disable the Full C/C++ Indexer:
- Right click on the project and select Properties > C/C++
Indexer
- Select the No Indexer (search
based features will not work correctly)
- Click OK
This will stop any ongoing indexes and disconnect the project from
reacting to resource changes.
C/C++ search
C/C++ Indexer
C/C++ Indexer
Opening or Closing a project
C/C++ Indexer Progress
Bar
Selection Searching for C/C++
elements
Enable/Disable the CTags
Indexer
Indexing a large project
Setting Source Folders
C/C++ search page, Search
dialog box
C/C++ Project
Properties, Managed, Indexer
C/C++ Project
Properties, Standard, Indexer
