Re: VC++ 2005 Express build, work in progress...

Simon Large wrote:
>> Just enter
>> vcexpress.exe /?
>> in a dos box and see what it tells you.
>
> It tells me that it is pretty darned close to devenv.
>
> Success! Just by replacing 'devenv.com' with 'vcexpress.exe' I can get
> the Subversion target to build in nant. I will have a go at updating the
> build file for that. I think we can use Toolpaths.tmpl to set a variable
> which changes the default from devenv to vcexpress.

Great!

> The subversion reverts don't work though.
>
> [exec] External Program Failed: vcexpress.exe (return code was 1)
> ... this error is expected, according to the default.build ...
> [exec] Skipped 'apr'
> [exec] Skipped 'apr-iconv'
> [exec] Skipped 'apr-util'
> [exec] Skipped 'neon'
>
> BUILD SUCCEEDED - 2 non-fatal error(s), 7 warning(s)

I'll check what's going on there.

> There is no separate build file for SubWCRev.exe. I built it by loading
> the .vcproj file into VCExpress IDE and building just one item, but it
> would be good if there were a separate target in TortoiseSVN.build. Is
> it possible to pick just one item for devenv or vcexpress to build?

Yes, you can pass /project SubWCRev to devenv.exe (or in your case
vcexpress.exe).

> As DJ Heap said, VCExpress runs in the background with no console
> window, so you have no idea what is going on. Seems to work though.

Try 'vcexpress.com' instead. Don't know if that will work or if it's
even there, but it helps with devenv.

Stefan

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