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mathiask

21 Jan, 2015 03:41 PM

Hi,

I have a question regarding MSBuild and ClCompile Versions. If I build my node.js project the file "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\msbuild.EXE" (Version 12) is beeing called but the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\CL.exe" only in Version 10. So is there a mix of Visual Studio 2010 and 2013 here? If I build it on my desktop with VS2013 Update 4 both paths contain the "12.0".

Best regards
Mathias

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 21 Jan, 2015 08:15 PM

   

   Yeah, there are VS 2010, 2012 and 2013 installed: http://www.appveyor.com/docs/installed-software

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2. 2 Posted by mathiask on 21 Jan, 2015 08:22 PM

   

   Ok, that is great! And how can I select between this versions in a node.js project? Current appveyor.yml is https://github.com/mathiask88/node-snap7/blob/master/appveyor.yml

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3. 3 Posted by mathiask on 21 Jan, 2015 09:23 PM

   

   Ah I got a solution. There is a config variable in the .gyp file that changes the default toolset. So this was my lack of knowledge. Thanks for the fast support and keep up the good work!

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 21 Jan, 2015 09:25 PM

   

   Cool, thanks for the update!

   Btw, if you're willing to do a paragraph-two describing the problem and solution we could add that here: http://www.appveyor.com/docs/lang/nodejs-iojs (just published).

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5. 5 Posted by mathiask on 21 Jan, 2015 09:46 PM

   

   For sure, I can do this tomorrow! Oh nice, updated node/iojs page. Btw, is it possible to specify both platforms for this command "Update-NodeJsInstallation <version> [x86|x64]", so that my matrix runs x86 and x64?

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 21 Jan, 2015 10:01 PM

   

   Yeah, you could introduce another "dimension" to the matrix:

   environment:
     matrix:
     - nodejs_version: "0.10"
     - nodejs_version: "1.0"
   
   platform:
     - x86
     - x64
   
   install:
     - ps: Install-Product node $env:nodejs_version $env:platform
   

   This will create a build with 4 jobs for all combinations of node version and platform.

   Good question - will update docs with this example.

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7. 7 Posted by mathiask on 22 Jan, 2015 07:37 PM

   

   To build with different Visual Studio Versions you can pass an argument to NPM: "npm install --msvs_version=2013". Available version strings are 2005,2005e,2008,2008e,2010,2010e,2012,2012e,2013 and 2013e(2013 only in newer NPM(node-gyp) versions, so updating NPM before build is recommended. "e" is for Express versions). But with 2010e AND x64 I got a build error that the linker can't find the kernel32.lib but according to your link with installed software the platform SDK that is required for express versions is installed. So I did not find a solution yet.

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8. 8 Posted by Rui Abreu Ferre... on 30 Jan, 2015 12:30 AM

   

   FYI if you prefer instead of passing the argument to gyp you can also set an environment var GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2013

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9. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 01:53 AM.