Re: [jamboost] Re: Managing dsp

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-08 08:08:31

On Friday 08 April 2005 17:01, TEMPLIE Cédric wrote:

> > Did you read:
> >
> >   
> > http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/extender.html#bbv2.extender.i
> >ntro
> >
> > Should work for you with small modification in target names and actions.
>
> This is not what I really need... Indeed, the dsp file is the file
> format of microsoft visual studio project, I just need to call
> devenv.exe on the dsp, that is all...
> I mean that devenv.exe do not generate an exe, it will build the project.
> A dsp file comes with a set of cpp files and so on...
>
> Of course I can create a Jamfile to build the project, but as it is a
> third party provide like that, I just want to tell boost system to build
> this project with devenv.exe, and do not care with results... (something
> like a basic system call..)

So, you basically want to run

bjam some_target 

and have Boost.Build invoke the specified command without caring what that 
command does. Right?

I plan to add such a functionality in the form:

notfile do_something : @dsp : my_file.dsp ;
actions dsp 
{
whatever_command $(>)
}

would that help? 

- Volodya

-- 
Vladimir Prus
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