Run Program ....quoting arguments

[amccool]

running v5.5

I'm having a heck of a time passing quoted strings to msbuild.

I'm using Run Program to execute msbuild (%DIR_MSBUILD%\msbuild.exe)

my path to the .proj file has spaces in it.
I also need to set /property:XXX="ccc ccc";YYY="hhh jjj"

however the last " is not being passed to the execution environment.

Is this a bug that was fixed in a later release?

[kinook]

I don't believe there were any bugs like that reported since v5.5. Have you tried

/property:"XXX=ccc ccc;YYY=hhh jjj"

or

/property:"XXX=ccc ccc" /property:"YYY=hhh jjj"

Also, v6 has a built-in MSBuild action that simplifies this (and v5 is no longer being supported or updated).

[amccool]

thanks for the second option, I didnt try /property:xxx="yy" /property:zzz="vvv"

Is the 5.x product supported at all any longer, or must we move to 6.x?

Could you point me to the upgrade path document? Is there an upgrade cost associated?

[kinook]

http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthread.php?threadid=1315

[amccool]

Where can I download the latest 5.X vbp (5.7)?
I only can find the link for 6.x
TIA

[kinook]

http://www.kinook.com/Download/VisBuildPro57.exe

[amccool]

I found the solution to my problem, Its not VBP related (as you likely gathered)


problem is that MSBUILD.exe is reading the command line arguments and applying escape characters

so
/p:ABigDirectory="c:\temp\" doesnt work as \" is removed

but
/p:ABigDirectory="c:\temp\\" does work

thanks for your help