Is there something for MSVC compiler like "#pragma ignore this sourcefile"?

Question

I'm currently working with some tutorials for opengl and don't want to set up the linker and include directories for each test source file. But from the tutorial each different example has its own main. I'also don't want to exclude all source files I'm currently working on.

I could put each source file into a

#ifndef EXAMPLE_X
 /*sourcecode*/
#endif

But when I started typing this for each source file, I was aksing my self: is there some kind of pragma or flag for MSVC (I don't care about portabilty, as I'm just practicing the tutorial of a book) that says "just ignore this file stop compiling this file, and forget all you have parsed untill now in this file" so it is just as it is excluded, but I don't have to exclude and reinclude the files from my solution browser everytime I wan't to check something from older source. And instead just have to comment or uncomment the #pragma ignore flag stuff

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/615058/how-to-make-the-visual-studio-compiler-ignore-a-file — Marco, Feb 21 '15 at 17:18
@d3l I don't get that options whe I do so in my C++ projekt solution (Maybe it is just available for C# projects as descriped by you link?) — dhein, Feb 21 '15 at 17:21
@d3l: Similar but not quite the same use case and therefore potentially different answers. — Lightness Races in Orbit, Feb 21 '15 at 17:25
@LightnessRacesinOrbit I know, but its a way of accomplishing it. — Marco, Feb 21 '15 at 17:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '15 at 17:25

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No, there isn't.

Either remove the files you don't want from your project, or use macros to conditionally turn on/off their contents.

answered Feb 21 '15 at 17:25

Lightness Races in Orbit

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Or keep them in the project but exclude them from the build. – Christian Hackl Feb 21 '15 at 17:42

Is there something for MSVC compiler like "#pragma ignore this sourcefile"?

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