The browse information is not available when you try to browse a symbol inside Visual C++ (158033)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition 4.2
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition 5.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 4.2
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 5.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ .NET (2003)
- Microsoft Visual C++ .NET (2002)
This article was previously published under Q158033 SYMPTOMS When your project is loaded and you try to browse a symbol
inside the Visual C++ IDE, you receive the following error message:
No Browse Information is available or, in
earlier versions of Visual C++: Browse information is
not available for this project CAUSE The project does not have the right settings switched on to
create a browser (BSC) file. RESOLUTION In Visual C++ .NET, you must click to select a single
project option to create the BSC file:
- In the Solution Explorer window, right-click the project
in question (note that solutions can contain more than one project), and then
click Properties.
- In the Property Pages dialog box, click to select the General section.
- Locate the Build Browser Information property in the General section, and then change the setting from No to Yes.
- Rebuild your project to create the BSC file.
Note For more information about how to build a .bsc file in Visual C++
2005, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
In earlier versions of Visual C++, you must click to select two check boxes in
the build settings:
- On the main menu, select Build/Settings.
- Select the C/C++ tab. Select the Generate browse info box. This tells the compiler to generate an intermediate SBR file
for each source file.
- Select the Browse Info tab. Select the Build browse info file box. This invokes the BSCMAKE utility when a project is built to
generate a BSC file.
STATUS This behavior is by design.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 1/11/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbide kbprb KB158033 kbAudDeveloper |
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