MPLAB setup with multiple C files... but compile only main.c

[blak3r]

I have multiple .c files in my project.
So, i added them all to a project in MPLAB. The problem is when you do a build command it automatically builds every C file in the Source directory in a project.

So, i could use MPLab if i removed all the .c files or if i renamed them all to .h.

Removing them all makes it kind of a pain in the butt to edit them if i need to. As i wouldn't be able to double click on the file i need over in the project explorer.

Renaming them all to .h would be kind of inconvenient and i was thinking i may run into other problems with doing that... that i haven't thought about.

Is there really no way to specify that the build command will only build main.c or some other clever way to use MPLab with CCS? I have read several threads on the discussion and it seems that everyone just doesn't add all the source files to the project and was hoping for a better solution.

[Kasper]

What you need is a linker, which, last I saw was only in limited beta test.

With multiple C files, include them with include statements instead and make sure just one C file is listed in mplab under source files.

#include "somefile.c"

[PCM programmer]

[blak3r]

good call pcm.

That's a simple solution. I thought it would filter it back up into the source files directory just like it does if you try to add a .c file to the header files directory.

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[oldnewbie]

Thanks PCM - great info. How does this information get back to CCS/Microchip so that they at least document this trap for newbies....?

[zzeroo]

I think "other files" are now "Important Files" in newer MPLABX versions. But it is working like before I think.