How do I "export makefile" in Visual Studio 2003?

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Mark A. Hausman - 28 Oct 2005 01:35 GMT

In order to make some very large projects available to other developers who
do not use Visual Studio (or even Windows, in some cases), I need to generate
standard-format Make files.

In Visual C++ 6.0, there was an "export makefile" command on the "Project"
menu. Now that I am using Visual Studio .Net 2003, I can no longer find this
command. The help system provides no clue.

I must have this capability!
(I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this question)

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Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] - 28 Oct 2005 01:53 GMT

> In order to make some very large projects available to other
> developers who do not use Visual Studio (or even Windows, in some
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> I must have this capability!
> (I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this question)

That function was removed in VC7 (because the generated makefiles didn't
necessarily work, YMMV). You might be able to find a 3rd party tool that
will do it, or you could write your own without too much trouble. The
.vcproj file is Xml. I think the schema is actually published, but it's
easy enough to figure it out by reverse engineering as well.

-cd

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