compile by using dcc32 in command line.

[Nordlund]

Hi folks.
I want to automate the build process by using the command line compiler. I'm able to compile some smaller projects, but when I try to compile the main application (about 200000 rows) I get strange error saying this class cannot be found etc, etc.
I must have forggotten something important...

When I compile it within Delphi, it works perfect.
"Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? "

All the compiler switches are stored in the project .cfg file, does a tool exists that convert theese switches to correct command line switches?

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[whosrdaddy]

when using the command line compiler, paths are a big issue, forget one and your project won't compile.

don't know if such a tools exists (look on the net for drBob, maybe he has one)

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[Nordlund]

Yep. I have checked the paths... THe main issue it that in one .pas file you have this declaration:

  FSortInfo: TSortInfo

and in another unit (in the same directory) you have the record defined:

type
  TSortMode = (smNone, smAscending, smDescending);

  TSortInfo = record
    FSortMode : TSortMode;
    FSortColumn : Integer;
  end;

The compiler stops att the FSortInfo row, and says that TSortInfo is undeclared...

(The uses in the .pas files are correct)

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[TonHu]

Did you add "." (current directory) explicitly to the paths? It (dcc32) can be rather picky on that.

HTH
TonHu

 

[Nordlund]

No, I didn't really... I changed active directory by the DOS commando "CD" instead.

The main problem was that i didn't include the original Delphi libraries, only the extra installed libraries.

But why the h*ll does the comiler stop at the code a mentioned above, and not in the standard delhi units.

But it works now...!

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[TonHu]

Ah, good you solved that mistery ;-)

"Why the h*ll..." : Borland goes it's mysterious ways...

HTH
TonHu

 

[Nordlund]

Yep, Borland is a little bit mysterious.
But What happens if have design compiled packages such as Abbrevia. Do I have to recompile them before I compile the project? What if I have added published properties in my own components. Does the compier take care if theese issues?


(The real reason I'm answering is the Lordi won the European song contest. The best song this year....)


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