Fixed PlgxTools building failure and added support for Visual Studio 2017 #6
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Thanks! I haven't tried using these changes yet, but I think they look OK if they work. I also wonder if there is a more modern way of extending msbuild in nuget packages that might be better.
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| <!-- <xs:include schemaLocation="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Xml\Schemas\1033\Microsoft.Build.xsd" /> --> | ||
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| <!-- Support for Visual Studio 2017 Community --> | ||
| <xs:include schemaLocation="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Xml\Schemas\1033\Microsoft.Build.xsd" /> |
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I wonder if there is a variable we could use here instead of requiring a specific version of Visual Studio installed in the default location.
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That is a good point, I did a bit of research beforehand, but I couldn't find anything like that. It is possible to have multiple include elements in it though. For example, line 6 could stay there uncommented but it then it will result in warning messages at compile time as it is not going to be able to find Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0 path if Visual Studio 2015 isn't installed. However, it will compile correctly as long as one of the includes path exists. Another idea: maybe it is possible to create a conditional XSD schema structure to pick the right path based on the Visual Studio version. The problem with it is that the VS version needs to be read from the XSD file somehow.
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We also need this for cross-platform compatibility!
PlgxTools/Program.cs
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PlgxTools.exe fails when there are XML comments
<!-- -->into<ItemGroup>sections in the plugin .csproj file. I have applied a little fix to the build process to skip comments.The original solution was not compiling in Visual Studio 2017 due to incapability to locate xsd.exe. Moreover, the initial .csproj setup seemed to have issues passing property group value across targes. Not sure whether it was due to changes with Visual Studio 2017. Anyhow, I have fixed all those little issues.
Please let me know whether the changes look good to you and whether you a new NuGet package with the updates should be released.