# Modern Fortran on VSCode fails to recognize external includes

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/modern-fortran-on-vscode-fails-to-recognize-external-includes/5600>\
**Category:** Visual Studio Code\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/modern-fortran-on-vscode-fails-to-recognize-external-includes/5600 "2023-04-19T04:52:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/modern-fortran-on-vscode-fails-to-recognize-external-includes/5600/5 "2024-01-10T20:37:29Z")

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fortls cannot read .mod and .smod files since they are compiler vendor and compiler version dependant. It can only parse Fortran sources, consequently if no sources for module are found in your source tree then it will raise an Info message saying that they are missing.

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