build-process

Building a runnable jar with maven 2

I'm relatively new to the maven mantra, but I'm trying to build a command-line runnable jar with maven. I've setup my dependencies, but when I run mvn install and attempt to run the jar, two things happen. First, no main class is found, which is correctable. When I've corrected this, I get errors on run stating that classes cannot be fou...

merged DLLs, Intellisense not picking up separate XML doc files

I use ILMerge to merge several of my C# project DLLs into a single DLL for the whole solution. I have each project produce a .XML file of its documentation for Intellisense, and I'm having trouble getting those comments to show up when I try to use my merged DLL as a reference in another solution. I have these files all in the same dir...

Fuzzy/approximate checking of solutions from algorithms

We have people who run code for simulations, testing etc. on some supercomputers that we have. What would be nice is, if as part of a build process we can check that not only that the code compiles but that the ouput matches some pattern which will indicate we are getting meaningful results. i.e. the researcher may know that the value o...

Conditionally including Flex libraries (SWCs) in mxmlc/compc ant tasks

I have been struggling trying to figure out how to conditionally include Flex libraries in an ant build based on a property that is set on the command line. I have tried a number of approaches with the <condition/> task, but so far have not gotten it to work. Here is where I am currently. I have an init target that includes condition ...

VC ++ express, how do I fix this error?

Hi there, I have experience programming in C#, but I'm taking a C++ class this semester, and I'm writing my second project, but I keep getting this error when I try to build a debug configuration of my program. My build log is below, any ideas on what's going on? I'm at a loss. Thanks everyone! 1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: ...

CruiseControl: How to read logs from exec task

I start an external groovy script via cruisecontrol, which basically works. My problem is that if the groovy script fails I only get the "error string found" in my cruise webapp and email; its even not in the log files. The groovy script writes it output to stdout and to a logfile. How it is possible to display the output of an external...

WiX undefined preprocessor variable

I'm starting to use WiX in order to do automated builds to create msi's of my c# projects and am experiencing the error "Undefined preprocessor variable '$(var.MyProject.TargetDir)'" I am using the latest WiX v3.0.5419. Inside my wxs file I am trying to use pre-processor variables that are listed on this webpage (http://blogs.msdn.com/j...

Java, Eclipse, Ant, JUnit, Hudson, SVN, native libraries; can they all coexist?

What is the most proper way to accomplish all of the following: Create a project in Eclipse With an Apache Ant buildfile That Hudson (or another more recommended CI system?) uses And support for JUnit tests that are run by both Ant/Hudson and Eclipse And check the proper folder structure into SVN so that future developers can replicate...

What does this compiler build statement mean?

Hi everybody, I am a programming student in my second OOP class, which is taught in C++, and I am using Visual Studio 2008. I keep encountering this weird statement when I build my project in VS, my project builds fine, I would just like to know what it means. It appears every time I build my project, doesn't matter if I click rebuild...

Why does this static array cause an extremely long "generating code" step in release build?

I recently added a static lookup array to one of my classes, like: // MyClass.h class MyClass { static MyClass const s_fromIndex[1500]; public: MyClass(size_t arg1, size_t arg2); static MyClass fromIndex(size_t index) { return s_fromIndex[index]; } } // MyClass.cpp MyClass const MyClass::s_fromIndex[1500] = { MyClass...

Msbuild copy and flatten with unique file names

I'm trying to copy multiple files from a deep source tree that have the same file name. For example TestResults.trx. I want to copy them into a single directory (i.e. flattened). Problem is they just overwrite each other and I just end up with a single TestResults.trx in the directory. <ItemGroup> <SilverlightTestResults Include=".\...

C++, the "Old Fashioned" way

I have been learning C++ in school to create small command-line programs. However, I have only built my projects with IDEs, including VS08 and QtCreator. I understand the process behind building a project: compile source to object code, then link them into an executable that is platform specific (.exe, .app, etc). I also know most proj...

How to Create a runnable jar that uses external jar files in dynamic locations.

Hi, I've programmed an application that take about 300 kilobytes. The jar files that it uses (library) take about 10 megz. These library jar files are used in other applications I wrote and so I would like to have them located in an external central location (Meaning - A path on some hard drive in the same computer). Hopefully, the pat...

Hudson, publish artifact to a windows file share ?

We've set up Hudson to do nightly builds of some Vs2008 C++ projects. How can we configure hudson to publish the artifacts to a file share ? ...

Choosing external project to run when building a library in xcode

Is there any way (in xcode) to specify an external project to build and run directly while working in one of that project's dependent libraries? It is annoying to have to always switch back to the main project when I want to test my changes - something like this would be very helpful to know. ...

How can I Automate a CSS Build Process?

On larger projects I have segmented stylesheets that have rules written for specific modules. I'd like to be able to automate a process that minifies my CSS (at least remove commenting) and also combine multiple CSS files into a single asset to minimize requests. ...

Ant for other ant's

I have several projects, most of them has "test" target, which run tests and store results in property 'test.faulire'. All projects located in same directory: big_project / someproject1 big_project / someproject1 / build.xml big_project / someproject2 big_project / someproject2 / build.xml So, in root of 'big_project' i want to crea...

Team Build to build solution in different TFS Projects

We are using TFS2008 and TeamBuid to build our product. I have SolutionAA in TeamProjectAA that uses a file reference to a compiled library (SolutionBB) that is checked in to TeamProjectAA. Now this works fine. Now the source code to the library is checked in TeamProjectBB. The problem arises when I need to due a full build using Tea...

Apache Ant: Run ant without showing the target names

Hi, When I run my build file, it always shows the target name. For example, in my build file if I have targets A,B,C. Then on when I type the command "ant A", it shows A: How do I avoid displaying the A? You help is very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Bakhtiyar Uddin ...

Stop/Run windows service and building a solution

Hello, I'd like to have a script that stops a certain windows service,build or rebuild a solution and runs the service after the build process finished. Should I use Msbuild for this ? Or is there any other way ? ...