Re: [Boost-build] Visual Studio always calls bjam even on built projects

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Visual Studio always calls bjam even on built projects
From: Anatoly Shirokov (shirokov_a_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-28 04:03:41

> On Friday 27 November 2009 00:11:07 Anatoly Shirokov wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>>
>> It seems to me it is not good idea to use makefile based solution. There 
>> is a lot of restrictions:
>> - solution know nothing about project structure
>> - solution know nothing about project dependencies
>> - solution know nothing about macro definitions
>> - solution know nothing about search path for include and library files
>> - to add/remove a file you have to do it twice for solution and for jamfile
> 
> I have no idea what half of the above means, but I am sure several
> Vistual Studio users were OK with the way Boost.Build can be integrated into it.

I can explain all what I mean:

- solution know nothing about project structure

  To navigate through sources you have to add source list manually to 
visual studio project (to add/remove a source we have to do it twice for 
a project and a jamfile)

- solution know nothing about project dependencies
  In visual studio project I cannot see projects that influence my 
project and navigate through them

- solution know nothing about macro definitions
  The modern studio can "grayed" code with conditional compilation which 
does not meet preprocessor conditions. To do it the studio must have all 
macro definitions. As a result we have to copy all marco definitions 
from jamfile to studio project (to add/remove marco denition we have to 
do it twice).

- solution know nothing about search path for include and library files
  To navigate through sources I have to set search paths manually for my 
libraries from dependency list.

In jamfile there are all needed information, but there is no way to 
extract it automaticly. It would be perfect if bjam will be able to 
generate native studio solutions. I vote for such feature.

> It would be nice if somebody give a step-by-step procedure.

It would be interesting, but I doubt that it will be automated procedure.

With Best Regards,
Anatoly Shirokov