Compiler param like $(Config) for the app name

[David P 2]

I'm trying to standardise on a common output pathing for our various apps and for the output directories I have something like this:

 

  $(DEV_BUILD_DIR)\$(MSBuildProjectName)_$(Platform)_$(Config)

 

To create

 

     C:\dev_build\MyApp_Win32_Debug\

 

This works fine for the intermediate files etc.  If I use the above for the Final Ouput directory, the exe (+others) are placed in the directory, but an F9 results in an error saying unable to locate the executable.  It looks like the IDE has no knowledge of $(MSBuildProjectName).

 

Aside from envrionment variables, is there a list available of other params to be used in the project directory fields, specifically the project name?

 

Thanks.

 

 

[Uwe Raabe 1871]

Try $(SanitizedProjectName)

[David P 2]

Thanks, it partially works.

 

An empty directory called

  

    c:\dev_build\MyApp_Win32_Debug\

 

is created, but also one called

 

  c:\dev_build\_Win32_Debug\

 

which contains all the output files (exe, obj, il* etc)

[Uwe Raabe 1871]

The variable is defined in the base configuration, so it is safe to use it in the inherited ones, but fails when used inside the base configuration itself.

 

A possible solution is to normalize the project file with Project Magician, which places the variable in front of any others in the base configuration.