Re: [SUSPICIOUS MESSAGE] Re: build.exe to msbuild.exe migration advice

NTDEV
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Which is why on code review you look at any .vcxproj change with utmost
suspicion.

I try to contain customizations in import files rather than putting them
into the .vcxproj file directly as that limits what the damn gui can wreck.

Mark Roddy

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 1:12 PM xxxxx@microsoft.com <
xxxxx@lists.osr.com> wrote:

One thing to consider about the VS way is that when you make changes in
the GUI, the vcxproj will always be rewritten in the VS pattern, regardless
of what you had before for conditionals. Might not be a wholesale file
rewrite, but probably the section you worked on by hand :slight_smile:

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On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:36 AM, Scott Noone
> wrote:
> >


> >
> > There might be a fancier way to do this, but I’ve used the
> ExcludedFromBuild
> > property (there’s a GUI option also). For example, 64-bit ASM file that
> I
> > don’t want in the 32-bit build:
> >
> >
> >
> > > > Condition=“‘$(Platform)’==‘Win32’”>true
> >
> >
> >
>
> This is probably the fancier way. What VS does is create larger groups
> based on the architecture and bitness tuple. E.g. if you select x86
> and ARM you will get 4 groupings, for x86, x86_64, ARM, and ARM64.
>
> The VS method may be easier to maintain - I could see someone coming
> into a project and missing a single line like that. It might be a good
> idea to call attention to it in source or documentation.
>
> Cheers,
> R0b0t1
>
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