Greetings All - dumb question but I have to ask does the Nant exec have spawn="true" capability and under which circumstances should it be used?
M-- This email message and any files transmitted with it contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this email message is addressed. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or email and destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arnette, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kyle Schmitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:32 PM Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] Solution task and non dot.net code > I'll second that. We have a project that uses idl files (corba > specification). The <solution> task always tried to compile these with > midl.exe; but we really wanted to compile them with the omniOrb idl > compiler; and I couldn't figure out how to turn off the midl. On top of > that, there were strange "non-compile" issues like you describe below. > Everything just started working when we used the <exec> task to run > devenv.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnette, > Bill > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:50 PM > To: Kyle Schmitt; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] Solution task and non dot.net code > > We gave up on using the <solution> task for VC++ (7.1) projects. The > dependency analysis just doesn't seem to match devenv so we may have a > header file or a resource that changes that should force a recompile but > doesn't. > > Also, one of the advantages of the <solution> task is that you don't > have to have VS.NET installed on your build machine. This is true for > C# and VB.NET projects because the .NET Framework SDK includes the C# > and VB.Net compiler. But it does not include the C++ compiler, so you > have to have VS.NET installed on the build machine anyway. > > We just use the <exec> task to run devenv.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > NAnt-users mailing list > NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
