FIX: Env Vars Not Used in Exported Makefile Dependencies

• Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Environment variables used in the Persist As field are not written to the makefile for dependencies.

RESOLUTION

This bug should only be a problem if the makefile is exported on one computer and used on a different computer with a different directory structure for the project. Either use the same directory structure for your project on multiple computers, or use Developer Studio to export the makefile for the project to the computer that you want to use the makefile on.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual C++ version 6.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

In FileView, select a file and choose Properties from the View menu. This displays the Properties page for the selected file. On the Properties page is the "Persist As" field, which lets you use an environment variable to set the location of the selected file. When the environment variable is expanded and concatenated with the rest of the path in the Persist As field to form the full path to the selected file, that full path must be a valid path to the selected file.

If this file is a dependency of another file (such as a header file), when a makefile for the project is exported, either the fully qualified path or a relative path to the files that are dependencies is written to the makefile.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Go to a command prompt and set a variable MYAPP=D:\Projects\MyApp.



2. From this command prompt, start Msdev.exe.



3. Create a default MFC AppWizard .exe named MyApp in D:\Projects\MyApp.



4. In FileView, select MyApp.h and choose Properties from the View menu.



5. In the Persist As field, type: $(MYAPP)\MyApp.h



6. Close the property page for MyApp.h.



7. From the File menu, choose Save All.



8. From the Project menu, choose Export Makefile.



9. Open MyApp.mak and search for MyApp.h. Notice that the path doesn't include $(MYAPP).

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbtool kbide kbVC kbVC500bug kbVC600fix kbGrpDSTools
Version : 5.0 6.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug