Re: structure of code and VC++ 5.0 IDE support

[Nicholas Arthur Ambrose <nicka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We use MSVC4.2 and Source Safe 5.0. We use Msdev projects for each
sub-project only which keeps them small, then just check the Makefile (not
the MDP file) into SS, then using the SS integration, you can open each
sub-project separately and build them. A full build is run using batch
files, shell scripts and NMAKE on the .mak files. Msdev is pretty happy
about opening a .MAK file as a Workspace. The only problem is the confusion
when you have a writable MDP and a ReadOnly MAK file ... things can get out
of synch

Nick


Lou Montulli wrote:

> Martin Dvorak wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Also, if anyone took an effort to convert the WinFE to Visual
> > C++ 5.0 IDE, please, let us know. Mozilla cannot be
> > developed using MSVC projects but I guess, it is very
> > necessary to understand the code very well before trying
> > to implement any new enhacement and temporary IDE
> > integration will help it very much.
> >
>
> We used to use the IDE for windows development.  The reasons we stopped
> was that the IDE starts to get incredibly slow when you start dealing
> with as many files as are in release. (Try about 5 to 10 minutes to open
> the settings dialogs).  And also, probably more importantly, the
> Makefiles that the IDE generates are not well suited for version control
> and multiuser development.
>
> :lou


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