OpenMake Meister

Generating Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Targets

 

When you first configure a build for a specific solution, the Visual Studio Add-in will create a directory beneath your solution directory. This directory contains all the information for a Build Project. The naming of a Build Project will follow the convention <SOLUTION NAME>OMBuild by default – e.g. MySolutionOMBuild.

 

Note: Unless you unselected the box next to “Build output to project output directories?” from the Build-> Openmake -> Configure Openmake, all files associated with a build (including final and intermediate Targets, logs and debug files) will be generated inside the Build Project directory.

 

Using the Add-in is simple, requiring only 1 step as shown in Table PB-32 below:

 

Table PB-32 Generating Target Definitions using the Add-in

Step

Action

0

You must install the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Add-in to receive these features.

1

From the menu bar, select Build - Meister - Generate TGTs

 

The Generate TGTs  menu item generates Targets for all projects underneath the Solution. A Target is generated for each project in the build. All Targets will be generated in the directory you defined during configuration for the build.

 

If the Targets are created successfully you will be notified of the success in pop-up box. If errors occur during Target generation, they will be displayed in a pop-up box (or a series of pop-up boxes.)

 

Note: Each time you regenerate Target, the old Targets in the tgt directory are deleted. If you wish to keep a version of a Target, rename it or check it into your version control system before generating new Targets.