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vcbuild won't build a project in another directory??

I'm encountering something I don't expect at all.

I have a solution made of multiple projects which I am trying to
migrate from VS6 to VS2005. The original uses nmake and msdev, so I'm
trying to replace msdev with vcbuild. I've found the following odd
behavior:

Let's say I have a directory tree that looks like this:

...\aa\bb\ containing project.sln and project.vcproj

...\cc\ containing my makefile

Now, when I'm in \aa\bb I can type (at the command prompt)
vcbuild project.vcbuild "Release|Wi n32"
and it builds fine. However, when I'm in \cc I type
vcbuild ..\aa\bb\projec t.vcbuild "Release|Wi n32"
and I get a whole slew of link errors. Using the equivalent msdev
commands on the .dsp file works fine. Of course, the project builds
fine in the IDE too.

How can I use vcbuild to build a project from another directory? Or is
this a bug and there's no workaround? If it's makes a difference, I'm
using the vcbuild.exe from VC++ Express before committing the company's
$$ to the pro.

Thanks,

Jeanne

Aug 22 '06 #1
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