Hi Gang, Even though I have a somewhat good knowledge now of C/C++, until recently all of the programs I have written were contained within one source file. This was fine considering my programs were fairly small and simple in nature. Now that they are becoming quite large and a bit more complicated they are at times quite difficult to manage. So in an effort to keep my code better organized and managable I''d like to spread the code out across multiple files. My question is this... Does the compiler take care of this on its own or do I need to make a few modifications in the code or elsewhere? For example, say I have a file with a bunch of functions. If I call a few of them in another file will it recognize it? I would just go ahead and try it out myself but I just formatted my computer and besides not having installed my compiler yet I thought this would be a good way to stop staring at all of these progress bars while I install my software again, heh Thanks in advance and have a great day. -Miraj

What you have to do is this:

1. Create a new .c/.cpp file and enter some code in it
2. create a .h file with the same name as the above C/C++ file which should include the declarations of constants/functions/globals used for this source
3. Include the header file in your main file (after all the standard/DirectX/OpenGL files) and the compiler will compile and link them together if the code or declaration aint broken

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Thanks guys for the insight and advice. I had a sneaking suspicion that headers were involved but I wasn''t sure. Now I just need to get it working. Thanks again and may the force be with you.



-Miraj