Re: [Boost-build] how to integrate bjam based build into Visual Studio 9

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] how to integrate bjam based build into Visual Studio 9
From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-27 05:40:07

   Hi.

> Is there any way to use the Jamroot file as build configuration for (or
> in) Visual Studio (VS) without setting the all the projects again in VS?
>
> So that when we give build command in VS, it actually invokes bjam to
> build the projects.

   I do not think there is any 'magic want' to parse a Boost Build setup 
and create a Visual Studio project for it.

   In our projects we do this:
     1. We have a visualStudioBuild.cmd batch script that takes a name 
of the desired Visual Studio build configuration name and invokes Boost 
Build based on it.
     2. We use a makefile project in Visual Studio that invokes the 
visualStudioBuild.cmd script and passes it the desired Visual Studio 
build configuration name.

   This allows us to have centralized scripted Visual Studio build 
configuration and the Visual Studio project definitions are pretty much 
boilerplate up to the list of project files you want included in the 
listing in the IDE.

   With this setup it is easy to add an additional configuration option 
for bjam like -d2, --debug-configuration, -q or -j without having to 
tweak it separately for each Visual Studio build configuration somewhere 
in the depths of its project properties dialog.

   Hope this helps.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić