C#.NET toolset

From: Reece Dunn (msclrhd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-01 17:09:06

As mentioned in my earlier post, I am working on developing toolsets for the 
.NET environment. Here is the one for C#.NET:

----- [csnet.jam] -----

# Copyright (C) Reece H Dunn 2004
# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

import toolset : flags ;
import feature ;
import type ;
import generators ;

feature.extend toolset : csnet ;

type.register CS : cs ;

# Allow the location of the .NET framework to be specified as a path
# [todo]: Autodetect .NET framework installations
# [todo]: .NET version control (1.0 1.1)

rule init ( path ? )
{
if $(path)
{
.CSC = $(path)/csc ;
}
}

.CSC = csc ;

# Configure the various property settings.

flags csnet.build CSFLAGS <user-interface>console : /t:exe ;
flags csnet.build CSFLAGS <user-interface>gui : /t:winexe ;
flags csnet.build CSFLAGS <variant>debug : /debug+ ;
flags csnet.build CSFLAGS <variant>release : /debug- ;
flags csnet.build CSFLAGS <optimization>off : /optimize- ;
flags csnet.build CSFLAGS <optimization>speed : /optimize+ ;
flags csnet.build CSFLAGS <optimization>space : /optimize+ ;

flags csnet.build DEFINES <define> ;
flags csnet.build LIBPATH <library-path> ;

# Perform the compilation/linking stage.
# [todo]: provide additional support for assemblies

actions build
{
$(.CSC) /nologo $(CSFLAGS) /lib:"$(LIBPATH)" /out:"$(<)" "$(>)"
}

# Use composing here because C#.NET does not have a linking stage.
# [todo]: add CS --> DLL support

generators.register-composing csnet.build : CS : EXE ;

----- [end-of-file] -----

To use it, you need to direct the toolset to the .NET framework directory, 
e.g.:

using csnet : "C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322" ;

It does not yet provide an autodetect feature, or version control. It also 
does not put the files into a dotnet subdirectory or just bin/<variant>, 
rather, it places them in the C++ toolset currently being used.

To build, just use BBv2 as normal:

exe hellonet : hellonet.cs ;

NOTE: lib is not currently supported.

Regards,
Reece

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