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Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:30 PM

ChandraP

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We have a requirement i.e. we do not want to modify vcxproj files but have an import of .prop file in .vcxproj. This prop file will be imported only if the file exists. The import will be at the bottom of the .vcxproj so that it is the last file that is being imported. In the custom prop file we want to override CLCompile\Link options i.e. override the values that exist in .vcxproj file

We tried the following but it does not work i.e. vcxproj file has DebugInformationFormat set to "EditAndContinue" while custom.user.props file has "ProgramDatabase" value for DebugInformationFormat. The DebugInformationFormat value does not get set to "ProgramDatabase". How do we achieve the above requirement.

Each and every .vcxproj file will have the following import statement

<Import Project="$(DIRNAME)\Custom.user.props" Condition="exists('$(DIRNAME)\Custom.user.props')" />

$(DIRNAME)\Custom.user.props will have the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

<ItemDefinitionGroup>

<ClCompile>

<DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>

</ClCompile>

</ItemDefinitionGroup>

</Project>
- Edited by ChandraP Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:04 PM
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Friday, January 13, 2012 6:32 AM

Yi Feng Li

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Hi ChandraP,

I think your idea should work, and I tested it on my side. The prop file is as following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
  <PropertyGroup />
  
  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
    <ClCompile>
      <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
    </ClCompile>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
  <ItemGroup />
</Project>

And the last few lines of VCXProj is as following:

 <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
  
  
  <ImportGroup>
    <Import Project ="test1.props" Condition= "exists('test1.prop')"/>
  </ImportGroup>
  
  <Target Name="msg">
    <Message Text=" %(ClCompile.DebugInformationFormat)" />
  </Target>

</Project>

I defined a target called msg to show the value of debuginformationformat, as the result, if the prop file exists, it is OldStyle, otherwise it is EditandContinue.

If I misunderstand you, please let me know.

Yi Feng Li [MSFT]
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Marked As Answer by Yi Feng LiModerator Wednesday, February 01, 2012 3:07 AM

Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:36 AM

ChandraP

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Hi Yi,

I used your files and still does not work. My environment is W7 64bit, VS2010 SP1. I do not even see the message(assuming the message will come in the output window).

Thanks

Chandra

My VCXProj:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
    </ProjectConfiguration>
    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
    </ProjectConfiguration>
  </ItemGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
    <ProjectGuid>{2A75CB1A-378C-4806-B088-09EFFBA2F499}</ProjectGuid>
    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
    <RootNamespace>TestProps</RootNamespace>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
  </ImportGroup>
  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
  </ImportGroup>
  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
  </ImportGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
    <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
    <ClCompile>
      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;TESTPROPS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
    </ClCompile>
    <Link>
      <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
    </Link>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
    <ClCompile>
      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;TESTPROPS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
    </ClCompile>
    <Link>
      <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
    </Link>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Include="ReadMe.txt" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
    <ClInclude Include="targetver.h" />
    <ClInclude Include="TestProps.h" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ClCompile Include="dllmain.cpp">
      <CompileAsManaged Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">false</CompileAsManaged>
      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
      </PrecompiledHeader>
      <CompileAsManaged Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">false</CompileAsManaged>
      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
      </PrecompiledHeader>
    </ClCompile>
    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
    </ClCompile>
    <ClCompile Include="TestProps.cpp" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
  
  <ImportGroup>
    <Import Project ="test1.props" />
  </ImportGroup>
  
  <Target Name="msg">
    <Message Text=" %(ClCompile.DebugInformationFormat)" />
  </Target>
  
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
  </ImportGroup>
</Project>

Test1.props:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
  <PropertyGroup />
  
  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
    <ClCompile>
      <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
    </ClCompile>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
  <ItemGroup />
</Project>

Edited by ChandraP Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:44 AM

Monday, January 16, 2012 9:08 AM

Yi Feng Li

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Hi ChandraP,

The "msg" is used to test whether the props changes the compile option.

You can call msbuild yourproj.vcxproj /t:msg to execute the msg target only under VS2010 command line prompt. The current value of Debug Information will be printout.

Cheers,

Yi

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:29 AM

Jerryxia

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Hi Yi,

I have the same requirement. I tried your way. The value will be printed out as expected. But there is only one thing I am confused with. Let's take LinkIncremental as reference. I changed'test1.prop' to update the value of LinkIncremental into true for both debug and release configuration.And the value will be printed out as expected. But when I checked out the property page dialog, the value is still false with release configuration. Is this by design? Which value the compiler will take when I build the project with IDE?

Thanks,

Jerry
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:03 AM

Yi Feng, Li

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IDE just use vcproj file to display the properties, it doesn't phrase it in deep.

When building, IDE calls MSBuild, therefore it will be "True" as same as you saw from msbuild command line
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Monday, January 23, 2012 2:59 AM

Yi Feng Li

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Hello,

I am writing to check the status of the issue on your side. Would you mind letting us know the result of the suggestions?

Yi

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Monday, January 23, 2012 6:08 PM

ChandraP

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Yes it works. But it is confusing that we cannot see the changed property values from IDE.

Thanks

Chandra
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:15 AM

Yi Feng Li

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Hi Chandra,

As Cherubim said, IDE use the information in vcproj file only to show the property page. Any indirect property from "import" will not be effected on the IDE.

Regards,

Yi

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Friday, January 27, 2012 2:01 AM

Yi Feng Li

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Hello,

I am writing to check the status of the issue on your side. Would you mind letting us know the result of the suggestions?

Yi

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