c1083 sdl/sdl.h but as you know there shouldn't be slash in file name

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on my way to compile some project, which is from sf.net,
Visual Studio 2008 says cannot open the include file: 'SDL/SDL.h': no such file or directory
but as you may know, there shouldn't be character '/' in file name.

I download SDL Development Libraries for VC8 and unzip and copy include files to VC include folder, same as lib files
but it still didnt work.
could somebody let me know what I have to do next?

Posted 22-Jun-10 17:27pm

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2010-06-22T20:55:00

Solution 1

If you have a

#include "SDL/SDL.h"

directive in the source files then you should replace it with the appropriate one (on Windows it is probably "SDL\SDL.h", since '\' it is the separator in paths).
:)

Posted 22-Jun-10 20:55pm

CPallini

Sauro Viti · Answer 2 · 2010-06-22T23:10:00

Note that Visual C++ is able to deal with POSIX filenames (it automatically replace / with \ when used in #include directives); I tried on my system, and in #include directives you could use both \ and / as path separators.
I think the problem you are experiencing is due to the fact that Visual C++ is not able to locate the folder SDL; from the Tools menu select Options then move to VC++ Directories and add the folder that contains SDL to the Include path. For instance if the file you are including is C:\My_Path\SDL\SDL.H add the path C:\My_Path to the Include paths, then the directive #incude "SDL/SDL.H" should work properly.