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Testacular install fails, no vcbuild.exe

I'm trying to install Testacular (using nmp) on a Windows 8 Professional (64 bit) laptop, but it fails when it tries to install socket.io as part of this process. The error I get is Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe". To fix this,…
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How do I write a build batch script that runs vcvars32.bat, and then continues with the build?

I want to write a simple batch script that loads the Visual Studio build environment using vcvars32.bat and then continue with the build, using vcbuild. However, my script won't execute past the invocation of vcvars32.bat. The last output I get…
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Where is vcbuild in VS2010?

I've upgraded to VS2010 and am looking for the vbuild executable. For VS2008, it was under: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild.exe Where is it for VS2010? It's not under: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft…
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NPM install error - node-gyp

Trying to install xml-stream package but it keeps failing building dependencies. It seems to require vc2010(vcbuild.exe) but i installed the .Net Framework 2.0 SDK which has the vcbuild file and I'm getting the following error while installing…
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Optional environment variables with vcproj/vsprops

Is there any way to make an environment variable substituion in a project file (with or without vsprops) that, if the variable is not found, is substituted instead with a default value? I haven't found any way to do this, because everything seems to…
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VCBuild task in MSBuild - change outputpath

I'm attempting to write an automated build for one of our products, and I've hit up against a wall for some of our VC++ projects: I need to be able to set the output path to where the assemblies will be copied once its done. Here is a makeshift…
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Adding Preprocessor directive dynamically from commandline build VS2008

I am using VS2008, and developing C/C++ projects. I am using .bat file to build my projects from commandline (VC2k8 command prompt). I need a way to include preprossor directive dynamically at build time. I am using devenv to build from command…
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Installing VCBuild.exe

I have a Visual Studio solution file that uses VCBuild.exe (it's a VS 2008 solution). I'm trying to figure out how to get VCBuild.exe on the build machine. I've installed the Windows 7.1 and Windos 6.1 SDKs,b ut VCBuild.exe isn't there. Do I really…
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Make it tell me what is out of date in Visual C++ 2005 project

I have a 100+ source file VC++ project in Visual Studio 2005. A lot of those files have custom build steps. There is something that is not updated when I build. Every time I hit the start debug button it prompts me with a "This project is out of…
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What does this error message mean: LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'TEMPFILE'

I'm building a C program with Visual Studio 2008, from the command line. vcbuild /logcommands foo.vcproj From the GUI, the build works fine. But from the command line, the build fails at the link stage, with these error mesages: Linking... …
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Using more than 4 cores with VCBuild

I'm attempting to utilize all 12 cores of our build server, but am unable to specify /M12 and get all 12 cores working on the build. It appears as though /M4 is the limit. Is this true? Is there anything I can do to use all 12 cores in our…
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project does not contain a configuration called 'Debug|x64'

I'm trying to build a C++ project with a build configuration platform of x64. It's on a new machine running a 64 bit Windows Server 2008. When I open the build configuration manager in VS, I can't chose or create the x64 platform and the project…
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x64 msbuild fails to include stl

On our build system when we build 64 bit builds, the build is failing to find the stl libraries when they are included without the .h. So if I do #include it fails, but if I do #include it works. This fails on the commandline…
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buildbot C++ build on Windows: use devenv.com, vcbuild.exe, or MSBuild.exe?

My buildbot has been running for 3 years using devenv.com to compile the projects on Windows. Now devenv.com has troubles to build for 64 bits versions: passing the configuration as "Debug|x64" generates command line errors because of the pipe…
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How to force absolute paths for build errors output in Visual Studio

When building in most Visual Studio (2008, but I doubt it matters) projects, if there is error, it lists the absolute path of the file with the error. Like this (ignore the specific errors--I added them…
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