Subj : Re: External translator always runs, even when the target is up-to-date
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Jeff Kish <jeff.kish@mro.com>
Date : Tue Apr 13 2004 09:51 am

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:36:55 -0700, "Dennis Jones" <djones@nospam.com>
wrote:

>In the Borland C++ 5.0x IDE, I have a translator tool defined for .SQC
>(embedded SQL) files that preprocesses them into .CPP files.  However, I
>have noticed that the translator ALWAYS gets invoked, regardless of whether
>or not the target .CPP file is up-to-date.  Is there a way to have the
>translator invoked only when the target is out of date, as one would expect?
>
>Thank you,
>
>- Dennis
>
I don't have the slightest idea,  but perhaps the onus is on the
translator tool you defined, i.e. since you have the flexibility to
define a tool, it might be considered difficult for the ide to know
the rules for invoking the tool (maybe it might look for other
information besides dates, etc to trigger a build), so the ide always
invokes it.

just a theory
Jeff Kish

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