Visual studio recompile single file each time

Question

Is there any way to recompile one file each time project is compiled? I have about 200 cpp files in project and I have minimal rebuild - vs is recompiling only modified files, but one file needs to be recompiled each time I compile project, because it contains timestamp and few things which are compile time dependent, is there any way to mark any file with 'force recompile' flag? I know I can add space and remove it in this file each time I compile project, but I need way to do it automatically.

Answer 1

You can add a custom pre-build event for the project. In this step do something to change the timestamp of the file you are interested in. (For example copy the file contents into same file)