PRB: Browse Information Not Generated

• Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When your project is loaded and you try to browse a symbol inside the Visual C++ IDE, you receive an error message:

Browse information is not available for this project

CAUSE

The project does not have the right settings switched on to create a browser (BSC) file.

RESOLUTION

There are two checkboxes in the build settings that need to be checked.

From the main menu, select Build/Settings, and then do the following:

1. Select the C/C++ tab. Select the "Generate browse info" box. This tells the compiler to generate an intermediate SBR file for each source file.



2. Select the Browse Info tab. Select the "Build browse info file" box. This invokes the BSCMAKE utility when a project is built to generate a BSC file.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: browser

Keywords : kbide kbVC kbVC400 kbVC410 kbVC420 kbVC500 kbVC600 kbGrpDSTools
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Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb