I've tried to compile an application with Directx. But this causes an PRJ0030 error for $(). How can I escape critical characters like (,) or blanks. Refering to the cmd I've used ^ but it does not help.
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AdditionalLibraryDirectories=""$(DIRECTX_ROOT)\Lib\x86""
" should not be there. $(DIRECTX_ROOT) requires the macro to be set in a project property sheet. You are better off spelling it out:
AdditionalLibraryDirectories="c:\blah\dx9\Lib\x86"
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Unfortunately I need to do it this way, cause we would like to set the path with enviroment variables. Without the &qout; it gives me this compiler line: /I "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX SDK (March 2009)"\Include But the same error occurs. – Gerrit Mar 22 '10 at 12:49
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Looks about right. There is however a mis-placed double-quote there, before the \Include. Check the environment variable value. You've also mysteriously switched for Lib to Include. – Hans Passant Mar 22 '10 at 13:20
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The lib / include was a copy&paste error, but nevertheless the problem is the same. Indeed I've qouted my enviroment variable, cause I've tried to get it work like this, but even without double-quotes it does not work. – Gerrit Mar 22 '10 at 13:36
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@Esco: I'm kinda lost right now with copy/paste errors and quotes in random places. Open the Buildlog.htm file and copy the cl.exe command line you see there into your question so we know what it *really* looks like. – Hans Passant Mar 22 '10 at 14:49
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cmd.exe unfortunately isn't a proper shell like bash, and parsing the command line is up to each individual program. I can't speak for devenv.exe but a common convention is to surround troublesome strings with double quotes (").
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I've tried to use the quotes like this: [...] AdditionalLibraryDirectories=""$(DIRECTX_ROOT)\Lib\x86"" [...] But it does not seem to work. Also double quotes in the variable does not help. – Gerrit Mar 22 '10 at 10:03