Run Program ....quoting arguments
 

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?

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).

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?

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

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