How to let IDA reload a structure from a C file?

Question

I manage my structures in C files, the header might look like this:

#pragma pack(0)

typedef struct
{
    short important_value;
    char  _A[2]; // unknown
    int   interesting_value;
} STRUCT;

I loaded this into IDA via Ctrl+F9. Now I find out more about the structure, seeing that _A contains short imaginary_value.

When I try to reload this in IDA via Ctrl+F9, nothing happens. When I delete the structure in IDA, parse the C file and re-create the structure, I see the new structure, however all instances of STRUCT in the database are deleted.

So the question is, how do I reload the structure without removing all instances from the database.

shebaw · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-03T15:12:45.467

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Go to the Local Types (View->Open Subviews->Local Types or Shift + F1) window and then edit it from there by right clicking and clicking on edit on your structure's entry on the list.

edited Jun 03 '13 at 15:12

answered Jun 03 '13 at 08:46

shebaw

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Is there a way to completely remove the types there. Not just #deleted? – heinrich5991 Jun 03 '13 at 19:46
@heinrich5991 Did you find a way to remove the #deleted entries? – crush Apr 03 '14 at 19:00
@crush Unfortunately I didn't, I also stopped reloading the structures at all because it broke some stuff, like forgetting that variables are of a certain type. – heinrich5991 Apr 04 '14 at 15:03

How to let IDA reload a structure from a C file?

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