Hi- I'm (under-)using VC++ Express as an editor and organiser for some JavaScript files, as well as some C files. All files are on network drives.
I have no problem with the C (.c, .h) files, but with the JavaScript (.js) files, I can add them to my project, but when I attempt to open them (double-click or right-click, open), I just get (for example):
x:\scripts\gaia\harikiri\omt\include\Idle_Tests.js Cannot open file
I get the same error if I copy the file onto my local disk ie. it appears to be the extension (.js) which is causing the problem.
I've just moved from MSVC++ 6 which I was using for the same purpose, and no doubt I'm just making an Express beginner's mistake. Please can someone tell me what it is
Regards
John
Can't open .js files in projects
N Adams
More info- it seems to be a filename case issue, but specific to ClearCase, which we use for configuration management.
In the VC++ "can't open..." error message, all letters in the path are lower case, but in fact at least some should be upper case (it's on a Unix system, where case is significant). The files which do open ok have paths with no upper case characters.
However, if I create a subdirectory on my Unix "home" (ie. not under ClearCase) directory containing upper case letters, add a file to it, and add that to VC++, it opens fine.
Nagendra Jammi
Thanks to Christophe Beunens on the IBM developerWorks Rational ClearCase forum.
VDA
Mmmm... in fact, there are some .c and .h files in other directories that also won't open, although I didn't have any problem adding them (and the .js files) to the project as 'existing items' ie. I added them by double-clicking on files displayed in the file selector dialog. No (mis-)typing of file names.
Perhaps it's just something about our network... any ideas
Just to repeat, I had (and still have) no problems using MSVC++ 6.