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Gabriel
Gabriel

Reputation: 9442

pass global options such as /Zm through msbuild (14.0)

How can I pass the annoying /Zm500 (500% virtual memory, because MS compiler is to stupid and even 32bit) through "msbuild.exe" such that when compiling a solution with it uses this option for every "cl.exe" invocation?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1663

Answers (1)

Leo Liu
Leo Liu

Reputation: 76910

How can I pass the annoying /Zm500 through "msbuild.exe"

We could not pass the global option /Zm via the MSBuild command line directly. Because the PreprocessorDefinitions of CLCompile, which is not a PropertyGroup.

  <ClCompile>
    <AdditionalOptions>/bigobj  /Zm500 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
    <DisableSpecificWarnings>4453;28204</DisableSpecificWarnings>
  </ClCompile>

As a workaround for this question, you can add a target invoke MSBuild to pass an external parameter into the project file by MSBuild command line:

First, change the fixed values of “/Zm500” with $(Zm) in the project file:

  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
<ClCompile>
   <AdditionalOptions>/bigobj  $(Zm) %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
   <DisableSpecificWarnings>4453;28204</DisableSpecificWarnings>
</ClCompile>

Second, add a target in to the project file:

<Target Name="TestBuild" Returns="@(ManagedTargetPath)">
    <MSBuild Projects="YourProjectName.xxproj" Targets="NormalBuild" Properties="Zm=/Zm500"/>
  </Target>

Third, use the MSBuild command line with the properties /Zm:

msbuild.exe "$(ProjectPath)\.xxproj" /p:Zm=/Zm500

Upvotes: 2

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