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MyEclipse builders and CI

I'm picking up support on a project that is currently built with MyEclipse and has a decent sized development team that has been working without any CI processes. From what I can tell, the MyEclipse folks don't see any value in being able to build outside of the Eclipse platform, which makes no sense at all to me. Continuous Integratio...

Product build based on features on Eclipse RCP

I have the following problem. I have a product build that includes several features. I have a main, product feature and I want to add some of the embedded features from eclipse, basically the features org.eclipse.rcp org.eclipse.jdt org.eclipse.platform There is two places where I can add these features: I can add them to the produc...

Post Build Actions in Flex Builder

Hi there, How do I add post-build actions in Flex Builder? For example, I'd like my build to work as normal, and execute from the bin folder; but I'd also like a copy of the final SWF to be copied to another folder automatically (I'm sick of doing it myself). Thanks! ...

How can I run com.apple.tools.info-plist-utility ?

I am using XCode to build an iPhone application, where I would like to externally process the info plist file in the same manner as the XCode build step shown below does Processing /Users/kte/Projects/build/Debug-iphonesimulator/TestAppGen.app/Info.plist TestAppGen-Info.plist mkdir /Users/kte/Projects/build/Debug-iphonesimulator/TestApp...

C++ Code not building with build project (F6) in Visual Studio 2008

I have a large solution that contains C# and C++ projects. After I code in my classes or functions I run a build to have the parser check syntax. What I have noticed is that when I press F6 the entire solution will build and get parsed except for the C++ files that I'm working on. This seems like it's not the intended function of the ed...

Subversion and mixed-revisions: recipe for broken builds?

Hello all I'm just comming back to subversion after using TFS for some time and generaly i'm quite exited :) There is one thing i remember differently. I don't remember beeing able to commit from an out of date working copy. Or maybe my memory just fails me on the definition of "out of date". I thought "out of date" meant that any fil...

TFS - TF209026 - ItemNotFoundException

I try to execute a build batch on my build Agent, the following error I get: TF224003: An exception occurred on the build computer : TF209026: An un expected error occurred on the Team Foundation server http://tfsserver:8080/: Item NotFoundException The item %2f%2f&changesetVersion=35&deletionId=0 does not exist at the specified versio...

Why an Eclipse RCP product build can not find classes in org.eclipse.ui during headless build?

I have a product definition that includes one feature I wrote and the org.eclipse.feature. When I build this product from eclipse, it completes successfully. However, when I try to use the Headless build, the compilation process fails as it complains that it cannot find classes included in org.eclipse.ui. One of these classes, for exa...

Question about Java Eclipse Export function

I'm trying out the Eclipse Java 'Export Runnable JAR file". It creates a single JAR with all files in it, which is great. But one issue, in my project I have two directories and a few external libraries, like the following layout src resources mypic.jpg JRE System Library Referenced Libraries a bunch of external libraries ...

YUI Compressor and .NET Apps

I want to use YUI Compressor (the original) and use it as part of typical MS build processes (Visual Studio 2008, MSBuild). Does anyone have any guidance or thoughts on this? For example, good ways for incorporating into project, what to do with existing CSS and JS references, and the like. I am happy to hear on the benefits of YUI Com...

How to include a build timestamp in a VC++ project?

I am converting a makefile project into a Visual Studio VC++ project. It's actually C source code. One of the statements I have in my makefile is: echo char * gLibraryBuildSig ="%DATE% %TIME%"; > BuildTimestamp.c This produces a C source file with a single line in it: char * gLibraryBuildSig ="Sun 08/23/2009 17:56:05.05"; In the...

In a VC++ project in Visual Studio, how to I specify /EXPORT symbols?

I have a makefile project that builds and links a DLL, using the command-line cl.exe compiler, which is included in the VC++ Express (free) tool. I now want to convert that makefile project into a Visual Studio project. The DLL is not actually C++; it's all written in C. The DLL exports a small number of symbols, functions that are c...

Is there a headless way to import projects and refresh the workspace?

Hello! Still trying to set up an headless build for a big university project (RCP product). Every Eclipse user knows the following manual functionality: "File --> Import --> Existing projects into workspace" as well as "Build Workspace" and "Clean Workspace" Is there a way to invoke this actions headlessly? Thank you!! ...

VS2008 - SGen error on Build

I get the following error when attempting to build my assembly in Release configuration in Visual Studio 2008: SGEN : error : Cannot load dynamically generated serialization assembly. In some hosting environments assembly load functionality is restricted, consider using pre-generated serializer. Please see inner exception for more infor...

VS2008 Custom Build Rule based on file location

How do I assign a build rule to all files in a given folder in Visual Studio 2008? I know how to associate a build rule with all files with a given extension but I want one that applies to all files in a given folder within the project directory. Example rule: If any file in .\media changes, zip the entire folder and copy the zipped f...

Hudson job does not stop - why?

Hello! My automated build and tests are up and running, everything works fine. Im am using hudson and the pde build (configured with pluginbuilder). When the build succeeds everything is fine, the hudson ball turns blue and so on. But when something goes wrong and the build or tests fail - the Hudson job does NOT end. I am invoking ...

How to retrieve associated file being checked in from a changeset?

I want to trigger a build only when a particular file is checked in. So i need a way of accessing the associated filename from a changeset from the tfs build script, so i can check for the condition before triggering the build. Would commands involving tf.exe like tf properties,tf get help? I know its not possible to extract the output...

Target-specific Variables as Prerequisites in a Makefile

I'm trying to write a GNU make Makefile which has a load of similar targets, where the build commands vary slightly between them. I'm trying to use target-specific variables to represent these variations. Some of these variable values refer to files I want to use as prerequisites. For example: target_1:special_filename=target1_prereq ta...

Building firefox error: c compiler cannot create executables

I'm trying to build firefox but I'm having some problems. I currently have Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite (trial if that matters). My mozconfig file: # Firefox ac_add_options --enable-application=browser mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/c/mozilla-build/mozilla-central/objdir-ff-release mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4" # Java XCOM ac_add_o...

Map folder as part of build not working

As part of a build I want to add some workfolder mappings. I basically want to read the mappings from another build definition, and assign those to the current builds workspace (not the build definitions workspace template). I have tried to add this to several targets like afterclean with partial success. It downloads the sourcecode for ...