FIX: Custom Build Rules are Lost with Multiple Selections

ID: Q164380

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2

SYMPTOMS

When you apply custom build rules separately to multiple project configurations and you select more than one of those configurations in the Project Settings dialog box, the custom build rules disappear if the rules are not exactly same. If you click OK to close the Project Settings dialog box, you lose the custom build.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 5.0, and Visual J++ version 1.1.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

In Developer Studio Build Settings, create custom build rules for the project separately for debug and release.

In the project settings dialog box, select both projects (release and debug).

Click OK to exit the Project Settings dialog box.

Go back to the Project Settings dialog box and verify that the build rules were not saved (the custom build rules will not be exactly same for both debug and release).

In summary, if custom build rules have already been applied separately to files or configurations within the project settings dialog box and the custom build settings are viewed with these items selected, the custom build settings appear blank if they are not exactly the same as the selected items. If you click OK at this time, or you choose a different settings page and click OK without changing the selection of items, the custom build rules for the selected items are lost. If you move to another settings page, change the selection of items, and click OK, the custom build rules for each item that was selected on both the custom build settings page and the current page are lost.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage kbide kbVC kbVC500fix kbGrpDSTools
Version : winnt:4.0,4.1,4.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug