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Jason

07 Oct, 2022 01:49 PM

Hi, I have this in the build event as part of our project:

REM Check if the JavaScript projects have been built.
If Not Exist "$(ProjectDir)..\Rock.JavaScript.Obsidian\dist" (
    "$(DevEnvDir)..\..\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe" "$(ProjectDir)..\Rock.JavaScript.Obsidian\Rock.JavaScript.Obsidian.njsproj" -p:Configuration=$(ConfigurationName)
)

However, when building in AppVeyor I get this:
error MSB3073: "*Undefined*..\..\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe" "C:\projects\rock\Rock\..\Rock.JavaScript.Obsidian\Rock.JavaScript.Obsidian.njsproj" -p:Configuration=Debug [C:\projects\rock\Rock\Rock.csproj]

So it looks like *Undefined* is for the $(ProjectDir) and AppVeyor doesn't pass this variable.

Is there a way to do this? I can't modify the source files so I need to get it working and somehow set ProjectDir. Is there a way to do that in appVeyor? Thanks!

1. 1 Posted by Jason on 07 Oct, 2022 02:11 PM

   

   On reflection, sorry it's the DevEnvDir that isn't set!

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2. Support Staff 2 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 07 Oct, 2022 03:43 PM

   

   Sure, you can just define an environment variable with the same name, e.g. in appveyor.yml:

   environment:
     DevEnvDir: C:\some-directory
   

   or you can define the variable on UI.

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3. 3 Posted by Jason Linthwait... on 07 Oct, 2022 04:52 PM

   

   Hey Feodor,

   Thanks but I don’t know what it should be assigned to. I looked online and it looks like this is set by msbuild and is the project directory for the visual studio installation. Does this get set by appveyor?

   Best Regards,
   Jason Linthwaite

   Systems Architect, Passion City Church

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 07 Oct, 2022 05:09 PM

   

   That's interesting. I thought it's something your team added to a project file. I've never dealt with .njsproj projects before. What version of VS do you use locally?

   OK, so a full path to msbuild.exe on VS 2019 image is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin.

   What if you set DevEnvDir to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current?

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5. Feodor Fitsner closed this discussion on 07 Dec, 2022 09:02 PM.