Re: [Quickfix-developers] [OFF TOPIC] How did you make and test the project files for visual studio?

[Dale W. <wil...@oc...>]

Hi Clark,

This is off topic, but it might be of general interest.

You should take a look at MPC (Make Project Creator) -- an open source=20
project developed and supported by my company, OCI.

    http://www.ociweb.com/products/mpc

Using the same very simple project definition files can generate=20
projects for VC6, VC7, VC8, and make files for gcc, sunCC, and a host of=20
other build tool sets.
.
For example in recent project I defined a workspace (aka solution)=20
containing two projects like so:

workspace {
   TSL
   TSL_UT
}

In the TSL directory

project: {
  sharedname =3D TSL
  dynamicflags +=3D TSL_BUILD_DLL
}

generates a DLL named TSL.dll using every cpp & .h file in the TSL=20
directory,

while in the TSL_UT directory

project {
  exename =3D TSL_UT
  libs +=3D TSL
  lit_libs +=3D libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-gd-1_33_1
  after +=3D TSL
}

which uses all the source files in TSL_UT to generate an EXE.  The=20
TSL.lib and and  the boost unit test framework are linked in, and there=20
is a build order dependency on TSL.

This is a fairly simple example, but MPC is also used in much more=20
complicated situations.  It is used to generate all of the make files=20
and project files for ACE and TAO -- a cross platform library that runs=20
on dozens of platforms and involves thousands of source files -- many of=20
them generated by compilers, parser generators, etc.

and, of course, MPC free for the downloading.

Dale



Clark Sims wrote:
> I have been doing a conslting gig for about 6 months. I have had a=20
> horrilbe time getting projects to port from one windows box to another.
>
> When I create a project directory, compile everytthing, zip it and=20
> ship it, it never seems to work on the other side.
>
> Likewise when another developer sends me a ziped project directory=20
> try, I have to open up the project, replace all of the relative path=20
> names with absolute names, and recompile everything from scratch.
>
> I would have sworn quickfix used nmake to compile the Microsoft code,=20
> but when I went to the website today, I saw project files!  How in the=20
> world did you make all of these project files?  Did you point and=20
> click and add all of the files by hand? That seems like a Herculean tas=
k!
>
> How did you get the project files to port across different machines? =20
> I can't do this for anything!
>
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