Re: [PATCH] Make the sln file compatible with VC2005 Express

On 12/22/05, D.J. Heap <djheap@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/21/05, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > the attached patch changes the template file for the generated solution
> > file (*.sln) so that it can be read by VC2005 Express.
> >
> > The reason is that while VS.NET2005 *can* deal with paths enclosed in
> > double quotes (e.g. ""path/to/something""), VC2005 Express can't.
>
>
> Hmm, I worked through this after George's mail and just tried again --
> it's working fine for me in VCExpress. What exactly are you doing and
> what message do you get? I'm doing:
>
> C:\Temp\Subversion\python.exe gen-make.py -t vcproj --vsnet-version=2005
> <solution and project files are generated>
>
> Then I start VCExpress and click File -> Open -> Project/Solution and
> choose C:\Temp\Subversion\subversion_vcnet.sln and it is loaded and
> shows all the projects in VCExpress. Is that not working for you or
> are you doing something different?

Not tried to open it in the IDE, but with using it on the command line:

subversion_vcnet.sln: Solution file error MSB5005: Error
parsing project section for project "__ALL_TESTS__". The project file
name ""build\win32\vcnet-vcproj\__ALL_TESTS___vcnet.vcproj"" contains
invalid characters.

> Also, when I apply this patch, neither VCExpress, nor VS2005, nor
> VS2003 work anymore. If I try to open the solution I get 'The
> selected file is a solution file, but appears to be corrupted and
> cannot be opened.'

Haven't seen this error. I'll have a look this evening.

Stefan

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