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3.8.2
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Make VC6
The Make VC6 custom action creates a step to build Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and Embedded Visual
C++ 3.0 and 4.0 projects and workspaces and to set or increment version and/or property information
in a resource file.
This custom action adds functionality that is missing from Microsoft's command-line tools--It supports
building projects and multi-project workspaces without having to specify the name of each project,
setting the project's DLL base address, setting or incrementing project versions and properties across
workspaces, projects, or resource files, and more. See the VStudio.bld sample for sample usage.
When building projects, this action analyzes the project or workspace and all dependencies and
invokes the MSDEV or EVC command-line executable for each project in the correct order. All build
output from the compiler, linker, etc. is displayed. When building workspaces, the action adds
/NORECURSE to the command-line when calling MSDEV since the action analyzes the dependencies
(without this flag, projects in a multi-project workspace would be built multiple times, since both the
action and MSDEV would analyze the project dependencies).
If any errors occur while building, the error output is logged to the Output pane, and the action aborts.
After correcting the errors, build the project again and it will continue from the point of failure, since all
successfully completed projects will be up-to-date and will not be built again (unless the Force flag is
used).
Project/Workspace Tab
Versions Tab
Properties Tab
Options Tab
Advanced Tab
Remote Tab
Notes:
· If Visual Build doesn't detect that this product is installed when first run, this action will not be
displayed (existing steps will still be displayed in the Step panes and will build normally). To show all
hidden actions, right-click in the Actions pane and choose Show Hidden.
· This action can also be used to build VC6 projects and workspaces with Xoreax IncrediBuild (v2.0
and later). On the Options tab, set the Override default MSDEV location (or define and use a global
macro) to the full path to BuildConsole.exe (usually C:\Program
Files\Xoreax\IncrediBuild\BuildConsole.exe), and enter any IncrediBuild-specific
switches in the Additional Command-line Options field.
3.8.2.1
Project/Workspace Tab
This tab of the Make VC6 action configures information about the project or workspace being
processed.
Filename: The Visual C++ project or workspace file to build or resource file to update. DSP, DSW,
VCP, VCW, and RC files are supported. Visual C++ provides no simple way to specify a single
configuration for all projects in a workspace (DSW) when building from the command-line, but this
action also overcomes this limitation.
Note: When updating individual RC files, only the inputs from the Versions and Properties tabs are
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