Many projects involve porting applications to several different platforms or the use of more than one compiler. Insure++ deals with this by using two built-in variables that denote the machine architecture on which you are running and the name of the compiler you are using. Anywhere that you would normally specify a pathname or filename, you can then use these values to switch between various options, each specific to a particular machine or compiler.
Environment variables, such as the % notation, are expanded when processing filenames. The following Windows command, for example, loads an interface file in which the %a and %c macros have been expanded to indicate the architecture and compiler name in use:
interface_library C:\usr\me\insure\%a\%c\foo.tqs
The following interface file, for example, would be opened with the command:
C:\usr\me\insure\Win32\MSVC++-6.1\foo.tqs
In the compiler-default configuration option, there may be several interface_library options using the following format:
Insure++.InterfaceLibrary $PARASOFT/lib.%a/%c/builtin.tqi \ $PARASOFT/lib.%a/libtqsiic%c.a
InterfaceLibrary $PARASOFT\lib.%a\%c\builtin.tqi \
The PARASOFT variable used above is not a true environment variable. If the PARASOFT environment variable is not set by the user, it will be expanded automatically by Insure++.
