Bugs item #1096614, was opened at 2005-01-05 12:14
Message generated for change (Comment added) made by rblum
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Category: Tasks
Group: 0.85
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Bill Arnette (billarnette)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: solution task: C++ and includevsfolders

Initial Comment:
Ever wonder where all those paths you specify in the
VS.NET IDE Tools->Options->Projects->VC++ Directories
dialog are stored?

Well, they are stored in a file called VCComponents.dat
in the folder C:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1.

This file is a INI format file where the 'key' part of
the key/value pair is a path type and the 'value' is a
semicolon delimited list of paths.  The paths can have
macros such as  $(VSInstallDir).   

It appears that before invoking a tool, such as cl.exe,
the IDE adds these paths (after resolving the macros of
course) to the INCLUDE, LIB, and PATH environment
variables. 

The following table summarizes the mapping of keys to
environment variables.

Path Type             Environement Var
-----------           -----------------
Path Dirs               PATH
Include Dirs           INCLUDE
Library Dirs            LIB
Reference Dirs        LIBPATH(?)
Source Dirs            ???

IMHO, the 'includevsfolders' attribute of the solution
task should do as the IDE does, and append these paths
to the environment before invoking a tool.  The
$(VSInstallDir) and $(VCInstallDir) macros can be
resolved from the registry.









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Comment By: Robert Blum (rblum)
Date: 2005-04-27 01:00

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Can I add a vote for this bug?

Also, to be semi-useful here: The data is stored in the INI
section with the name
"[VC\VC_OBJECTS_PLATFORM_INFO\Win32\Directories]"

Replace Win32 with the appropriate platform. (Does nant
support other platforms? I never tried....)



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Comment By: Philip Craig (philipcraig)
Date: 2005-02-07 04:13

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I agree on both points (finding the stuff from the registry,
and settings incudevsfolders.)

 In this way NAnt's solution task would more closely
resemble what invoking devenv.exe from the command line does.

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