BuildIt tool: How can I get a build error description?

[Eric Chong]

I have been trying to automate our builds using BuildIt
tool available from Microsoft. This tool only log whether
build is success or fail. Since all developers would like
to see what the build error descriptions are, I need to
add it to the source code. However, SolutionBuild object
don't have that property available. Is it even possible to
get that information? What should I do in order to get an
error description?
Thanks in advance.

Eric

[Klaus H. Probst]

Re: BuildIt tool: How can I get a build error description?

I've never used that tool, but why not try something more powerful, like
NAnt? http://nant.sourceforge.net/


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"Eric Chong" <echong_phx@hot mail.com> wrote in message
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> I have been trying to automate our builds using BuildIt
> tool available from Microsoft. This tool only log whether
> build is success or fail. Since all developers would like
> to see what the build error descriptions are, I need to
> add it to the source code. However, SolutionBuild object
> don't have that property available. Is it even possible to
> get that information? What should I do in order to get an
> error description?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eric[/color]

[Klaus H. Probst]

Re: BuildIt tool: How can I get a build error description?


"Klaus H. Probst" <usenet001@vbbo x.com> wrote in message
news:eYXEqrUuDH A.2448@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> I've never used that tool, but why not try something more powerful, like
> NAnt? http://nant.sourceforge.net/[/color]

Oh wow, never mind. I just realized what this thing is.


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klaus

[Mike Wong]

RE: BuildIt tool: How can I get a build error description?

Hi Eric,

right after the lines in the BuildSolutionCo nfig

while(solutionB uild.BuildState != vsBuildState.vs BuildStateDone) ;

where we wait for the build to finish. You can grab the output from the
output pane. Here is a quick macro that you can translate into C#.
Sub BuildWindowText ()
Dim outputWin As OutputWindow
Dim outputWinPane As OutputWindowPan e
Dim outputWinPaneTx tDoc As TextDocument
outputWin =
DTE.Windows.Ite m(EnvDTE.Consta nts.vsWindowKin dOutput).Object
outputWinPane =
outputWin.Outpu tWindowPanes.It em("{1BD8A850-02D1-11D1-BEE7-00A0C913D1F8}")
outputWinPaneTx tDoc = outputWinPane.T extDocument

MsgBox(outputWi nPaneTxtDoc.Sta rtPoint.CreateE ditPoint().GetT ext(outputWinPa n
eTxtDoc.EndPoin t))
End Sub

Instead of a msgbox, you can look at some other reporting mechanism.

I hope that helps.

Thanks!
Mike Wong
Microsoft Developer Support
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>I have been trying to automate our builds using BuildIt
>tool available from Microsoft. This tool only log whether
>build is success or fail. Since all developers would like
>to see what the build error descriptions are, I need to
>add it to the source code. However, SolutionBuild object
>don't have that property available. Is it even possible to
>get that information? What should I do in order to get an
>error description?
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Eric
>[/color]