Re: VS Express 2005

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Yes, that's true, in my experience. Trying to list a file in the SOURCES
macro gives a bad directory prefix error during build. Your best bet *is*
DIRS and SOURCES for all folders that you need to build from.

Paul T.

"David" <David@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks Bruce.
> Within the sources file, it seems that I am running into a limit on the
> length of the INCLUDES keyword. Also, I read in another forum that all
> source
> files must be in the same dir as the sources file. THe source tree from
> our
> customer has C and H files spread into 2 dozen directories. It would be a
> pain to put dirs and sources files everywhere.
>
> "Bruce Eitman (eMVP)" wrote:
>
>> What is the sources file limitation that you have that MS doesn't have
>> when
>> building the entire OS? I bet that it is something that we could help
>> you
>> with faster than switching tools.
>>
>> VS Express does not support CE.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Eitman (eMVP)
>> Senior Engineer
>> beitman AT applieddata DOT net
>>
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>>
>> "David" <David@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9DC7B5EA-81A8-42DB-BAE4-1517BA3A0E71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I'm developing a wifi driver using PB 5. I'm having trouble with the
>> > build
>> > process (sources files limitations). I have a source tree with C and H
>> > files
>> > scattered around.
>> >
>> > Can VS Express 2005 be used in CE5 development? Do you think it could
>> > help
>> > me with the build process to create the driver DLL?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>>
>>


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