vcbuild syntax - how to use $ALL?

[jpetrang]

Can you tell me if the vcbuild $ALL is the same as the msdev ALL? If
so, how do I use it?
I have a VS 6.0 command "msdev ProjectName.dsw /make ALL /clean" which,
I believe, builds all the .dsp configurations in the .dsw file. I'm
trying to figure out how to accomplish the same thing using vcbuild.
However, putting in $ALL, ALL, "$ALL" and any other variation I can
think of do not work. Help? What is the proper syntax?

I have already used the new VC++ to open the .dsw file and convert it
to .sln with .vcproj files, and I'm trying to use vcbuild on the
ProjectName.sln file in a similar way.

If vcbuild will not accomplish that, would devenv be a better choice?

A separate questions: I've read that vcbuild has problems with pre
build events, generated cpp files, or projects which have more than one
level of depencency, and that /rebuild should alleviate
"most" issues. Do you know if this is still the case?

Thanks,
JeanneP

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[Guest]

Try the msbuld forum:
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=27&siteid=1

Regards,
--PA

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Can you tell me if the vcbuild $ALL is the same as the msdev ALL? If
so, how do I use it?
I have a VS 6.0 command "msdev ProjectName.dsw /make ALL /clean"
which, I believe, builds all the .dsp configurations in the .dsw
file. I'm trying to figure out how to accomplish the same thing using
vcbuild. However, putting in $ALL, ALL, "$ALL" and any other
variation I can think of do not work. Help? What is the proper syntax?

I have already used the new VC++ to open the .dsw file and convert it
to .sln with .vcproj files, and I'm trying to use vcbuild on the
ProjectName.sln file in a similar way.

Just type vcbuild /? at the command prompt for lots of friendly help.

In your case, the equivalent to

msdev /make ALL /clean

is something along the lines of

vcbuild /rebuild mysolution.sln "Release|Win32"

If vcbuild will not accomplish that, would devenv be a better choice?

You can use devenv - it just calls vcbuild to build the C++ projects, but it
can also build MSBuild projects and other visual studio projects that are
neither of the above (e.g. visual studio deployment projects).

A separate questions: I've read that vcbuild has problems with pre
build events, generated cpp files, or projects which have more than
one level of depencency, and that /rebuild should alleviate
"most" issues. Do you know if this is still the case?

I haven't heard of those issues, so I can't help you there.

-cd