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New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

doggy8088 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:08:33 GMT

Thomas,

You are right!!

There is a registry "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.Launcher.sln\Shell\Build\command" included this path !!!

I changed it and it works now!!

Thank you!!

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

ThomasArdal — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:00:32 GMT

Try search for the string "C:\Program Files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\vcvarsall.bat" in registry. Is it specified anywhere which looks to have relations to MSBuildShellExtension?

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

doggy8088 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:57:55 GMT

Yes, I checked. Here is my value:

cmd.exe /k ""%%windir%%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe" "%1" /t:Build /v:n /p:Configuration=Debug /l:MSBuildErrorListLogger,"C:\Program Files\MSBuildShellExtension\MSBuildShellExtension.dll"" & exit

It looks like just the same as you.

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

ThomasArdal — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:55:39 GMT

Thats because it's not in the source code but in registry :)

Try looking beneath the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.sln\shell

There should be a key for each build target. Try looking at the default REG_SZ for each command and look at the path. Should look something like this:

cmd.exe /k ""%%windir%%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe" "%1" /t:Build /v:m /p:Configuration=Debug /l:MSBuildErrorListLogger,"C:\Programmer\MSBuildShellExtension\MSBuildShellExtension.dll"" & exit

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

doggy8088 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:46:38 GMT

I have two items:

1. DotNetVersion = v3.5
2. Targets = Build;Clean;Rebuild

I just don't know how you call ""C:\Program Files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\vcvarsall.bat"" batch. I can't find any keyword in your source.

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

ThomasArdal — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:43:43 GMT

Sounds weird. Try looking at the keys beneath HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ardal\MSBuildShellExtension\Extensions\sln in registry. Which keys are present and what are their value?

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

doggy8088 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:28:03 GMT

I am following Thomas's instruction to configure. It works on the *.proj file, but I met an error when right click on the *.sln file. The error message shown below:

'"C:\Program Files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\vcvarsall.bat"' is not a build-in or external command.

Does you know how to fix this problem?

New Post: Installing the shell extension on shared computer?

sherifffruitfly — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:23:59 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I get on box remotely myself, so it's not that per se. I think you're right about setting the key on each user's hkcu.

Would it be possible to setup the tool on hklm, so that all users could access it? (Or at least have the install option "Install for all users or only current?")

Thanks again,

cdj

New Post: Installing the shell extension on shared computer?

ThomasArdal — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:47:27 GMT

Sound like a bug, that the tool crashes when used from remote desktop! I have never tried this myself.

The crash is propably caused by the access from remote desktop. All configuration for each user, is placed beneath the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ardal\MSBuildShellExtension key in registry.

How does your developers logon via remote desktop. If they use the same user, your should make the configuration beneath that user in registry. If they use individual users, the tool should be configured for each user in registry.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,

Thomas Ardal

New Post: Installing the shell extension on shared computer?

sherifffruitfly — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:05:03 GMT

Hi,

Very nice tool. I installed it on a dev box that is shared between several programmers, who all access it via remote desktop. For me the extension works fine. for the other devs, the configurator crashes everytime they attempt to access one of the tabs (Editors/Targets/Extentions).

Is there a way to make one install of this shell extension, and its configuration options, available to all of us?

Thanks for the great extension.

cdj

New Post: Configuration Suggestions

thomasardal — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:02:23 GMT

Hi LeblancThank you for your input. I would like a MSBuildShellExtension submenu as well. This requires a "real" shell extension, which MSBuildShellExtension is not. The menuitems in the context menu is actually just created in registry, which does not support submenus.I don't really code on MSBuildShellExtension anymore. I use it everyday, though. If you would like, you can implement some of your suggestions. You should be able to see the code when logged into CodePlex.If you don't want to implement some of your feature requests, please create them as issues on the MSBuildShellExtensions issue tracker site :)Thanks again for your input!Regards,Thomas Ardal

New Post: Configuration Suggestions

leblanc — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:39:33 GMT

Rather than having build clean rebuild on top level ...
as a user i would have preferred.

MsBuildShellExtention
- ProjectName1
           - GoldBuild
           - SilverBuild
- ProjectName2
           - Build
           - Clean
           - Rebuild

for each "project" you can have an option on whether to popup a textbox to allow the user to specify other parameter variables $(userdefinedparam). Incase the user doesn't have gold or silver box builds but instead fine grained control of what gets built into the final assembly.

Also if i set the verbosity to Detailed... i want to see the output of the command window.. it just closes currently.

I'm curious to dig in your code to see how you integrated with the shell.

good stuff.

Leblanc Meneses
http://npeg.codeplex.com

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

lkempe — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:29:50 GMT

Thomas: Thanks. I had the same issue and it resolved my problem :)

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

ThomasArdal — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:17:26 GMT

I'm using MSBuid Shell Extension with VS2008 SP1 to build sln files. Have you configured the tool to use .NET 3.5? In the configuration (found through the program group), you need to select Extensions, select the file types you are building with .NET 3.5 and select .NET 3.5 in the .NET version combobox. This should do the trick.

Regards,

Thomas Ardal

New Post: Does the MSBuildShellExtension app work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solutions?

tomwag — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:23:30 GMT

I'm getting an error when trying to build a Visual Studio 2008 SP1 solution (.Net 3.5 Web App).

"File format version is not recognized. MSBuild can only read solution files between 7.0 and 9.0, inclusive."

Misc: I have built the solution from the command line using the MSBuild.exe from (C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5)

Thanks

NEW POST: MSBuildShellExtension project migration

ThomasArdal — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:18:13 GMT

Hi all happy MSBuildShellExtension users.

I'm thinking on moving the MSBuildShellExtension project to another hosting service than CodePlex. Why?

- I need a better way of documenting the tool than the limited wiki implementation here at CodePlex
- Other places offers great features like donations and better release management
- I'm getting tired of using Team Foundation Server for storing source code. Don't misunderstand me, I realle like TFS with the Team Suite edition of VS2005. But my trial license of VS2005 Team Suite no longer works, so i need to use the command line tool, which I don't like. Other places like sourceforge offers cvs and svn, which there are some great tools for.
etc.

Anyone have any good suggestions for a new hosting location?

NEW POST: Nothing happens

ThomasArdal — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:21:39 GMT

Do you use Windows XP or Vista? I heard about another one having a similar problem on Vista. Which version of .NET are you using?

NEW POST: Nothing happens

ThomasArdal — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:41:18 GMT

Hi,

Could you send me a screenshot of the command window?

Regards,
Thomas Ardal

NEW POST: Noyhing happens

griffon — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:50:29 GMT

Hi,

I installed your shell extension. However when a choose a csproj file or a solution file to build, a command window opens up telling me it sat up an environment variable, and then nothing more happens. No GUI, no compilation, nothing...
I have VS.NET 2005 installed on this machine.
Any clue ?

Thanks,

R. LOPES

NEW POST: I get error from msbuild: "error MSB1008: Only one project can be specified"

ThomasArdal — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:00:32 GMT

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