Using Precompiled Headers in a Project
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Previous sections present an overview of precompiled headers: /Yc and /Yu, the /Fp option, and the hdrstop pragma. This section describes a method for using the manual precompiled-header options in a project; it ends with an example makefile and the code that it manages.
For another approach to using the manual precompiled-header options in a project, study one of the makefiles located in the MFC\SRC directory that is created during the default setup of Visual C++. These makefiles take a similar approach to the one presented in this section but make greater use of Microsoft Program Maintenance Utility (NMAKE) macros, and offer greater control of the build process.
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