Re: [jamboost] msvc configuration question

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-08 06:33:43

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> I've a question for msvc users. Now, V2 works ok if you specify
> 
> using msvc : 6.5 ;
> 
> in user-config.jam. But if you write
> 
> using msvc ;
> 
> then it will works only if vcvasrs32.bat was called previously. Two people 
> already stumbled on it, and I think something should be done. The options are
> 
> 1. Document the the second case ("using msvc ; ") works only if vcvars32.bat 
> were called.
> 
> 2. If vcvars32.bat is in path, use that to find the path to compiler. Invoke 
> vcvars32.bat before all tool invocations. If vcvars32.bat is not in path, 
> look though default install location for versions 7.1, 7.0 and 6. If compiler 
> is found in any of locations, it will be used.

When doing this you might want to use %ProgramFiles% instead of 
hardwiring the path to the standard program directory. MS had the 
exceptionaly clever idea of internationalizing the windows directory 
structure.

Thomas

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