Compiling MP-II with VC C# Express

Mr.Mitchell · 2008-01-08, 20:56

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Originally Posted by James

VS C# Express is not currently supported, because no one on the team uses it and secondly with the amount of changes still happening maintaining multiple solution files is too much work.

I cannot promise a team supported VS express solution file any time soon.

VS Express can be used to compile the core (if you create your own solution file) and can definitely be used for plugin development. The problem is that we use solution folders which are not supported by VS Express. These need to be flattened out in a VS Express solution.

Actually I found that MPII builds just fine in VC# Express 2005 with the Solution file that is in SVN. When you open it in VC# Express 2005 you get one warning for MyWeather (I don't really understand this one) and a few warnings that solution folders are not supported (limitation of the Express versions) and thats it.

After that it compiles just fine. I don't have "the real" VS2005 to view the original Solution but it is my guess that VC# Express flattens the folders by itself. Because as far as I understood solution folders are just for organising big projects.

I attached some screenshots of the warnings so you know what to expect. And at the end my projectlist how looks in VC# Express 2005, maybe someone can verify that it really just flattens the structure.

This was all done with Visual C# 2005 Express on Windows XP

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I just tried to compile and run MP II on my new PC with VC# 2008 Express on Vista x64 and that also works. You won't get the error dialogs as described above, but VC# 2008 Express will convert al project files to the new format. Other than that, no issues found yet.

scoop · 2008-01-09, 10:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Mitchell

Actually I found that MPII builds just fine in VC# Express 2005 with the Solution file that is in SVN.

Hi Mr.Mitchell,

Nice to know that at least the compile process seems to work without any issues. Did you also successfully run the build after building it with VC# Express? Of course it's possible to get a working build if you put some effort into it, but since nobody from the dev team uses VC# Express we simply cannot promise there won't be any issues when doing it this way. Hence the statement that it's not officially supported. If it works however, then that's great of course.

James · 2008-01-09, 12:08

Hi Mr. Mitchell,

Looking at your picture I see the solution has 31 project in it. There are 2 missing the current project has 33 projects.
I'm not sure which ones are missing?

Mr.Mitchell · 2008-01-09, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by scoop

Nice to know that at least the compile process seems to work without any issues. Did you also successfully run the build after building it with VC# Express? Of course it's possible to get a working build if you put some effort into it, but since nobody from the dev team uses VC# Express we simply cannot promise there won't be any issues when doing it this way. Hence the statement that it's not officially supported. If it works however, then that's great of course.

I forgot to mention that it actually runs also

. Currently there seems to be no need for a separate solution, just open on the one in SVN. But since none of the devs use VC# Express I understand the statement.

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

Looking at your picture I see the solution has 31 project in it. There are 2 missing the current project has 33 projects. I'm not sure which ones are missing?

Whoops, thats my fault. This is was the checkout I made at the time of the technical preview. I just updated the workarea and now I have 33 projects. I just tried it with the current SVN with the Xaml skin engine enabled as described in Frodo's blog. It seems like it is progressing nicely

frodo · 2008-01-10, 07:23

it sure is;-) and the smiley you see are vector graphics
Look at skin\default\text.xml for all the xaml

frodo

revs · 2008-01-26, 21:09

How much of MP-II will be vector? As much as possible I hope so that all the skins scale nicely!

Great work frodo!

frodo · 2008-01-27, 15:30

indeed as much as possible

mditty · 2008-03-01, 22:36

Can you post a link to your vc C# express solution file? I'd like to mess with it. Although I might have a full copy of VS2005 so maybe I'll just install that.

Mr.Mitchell · 2008-03-02, 12:48

I am not sure why you would need that solution file. You can just open the one in SVN with VC# Express and it will convert the solution as needed.

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2008-01-09, 12:08	#3 (permalink)
James Portal Developer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Switzerland Posts: 1,279 Thanks: 4 Thanked 55 Times in 34 Posts	Hi Mr. Mitchell, Looking at your picture I see the solution has 31 project in it. There are 2 missing the current project has 33 projects. I'm not sure which ones are missing?

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frodo Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 3 Thanked 119 Times in 44 Posts Country: My System	it sure is;-) and the smiley you see are vector graphics Look at skin\default\text.xml for all the xaml frodo

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revs Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 24 Posts: 264 Thanks: 2 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts Country: My System	How much of MP-II will be vector? As much as possible I hope so that all the skins scale nicely! Great work frodo!

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frodo Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 3 Thanked 119 Times in 44 Posts Country: My System	indeed as much as possible

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mditty Portal User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Can you post a link to your vc C# express solution file? I'd like to mess with it. Although I might have a full copy of VS2005 so maybe I'll just install that.

2008-03-02, 12:48	#9 (permalink)
Mr.Mitchell Retired Team Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 227 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am not sure why you would need that solution file. You can just open the one in SVN with VC# Express and it will convert the solution as needed.