OpenMake Meister

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Go to 

Build > Meister > Configure Meister…  from the menu bar

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Define Your Settings as defined below in Table PB-30

KB Server

Address of the knowledge base server that the Add-in needs in order to connect for accessing the build metadata. The Add-in can grab the server address from one of two locations: from the OPENMAKE_SERVER environment variable or from local user settings.

Project

Selects the project that you want to reference for the Meister build through the IDE. The drop down menu lists all available Projects retrieved from the Knowledge Base server, listed alphabetically.

Dependency Directory

Selects the Dependency Directory that you want to reference. The drop down menu lists all Dependency Directories associated with the Project you selected above, listed alphabetically.

Pre-flight Workflow

Selects the Workflow that you want to execute for a Pre-flight build.  Useful for executing a local build prior to checking in code to the source repository.

bldmake options

Defines the options that you want to pass to bldmake when you run the build. The default options are –s (case sensitivity) –ov (verbose logging output) and –mo "windows" (denoting that you want bldmake to output exclusively to the windows.mak build control file.)

om options

Defines the options that you want to pass to om when you run the build. The default option is –ov, denoting verbose logging output.

Solution Build Project "build" directory

Defines the name of the directory relative to which all targets will be built. The default value for the directory name is "build." You can rename this directory to any Window-allowed directory name.

Solution Build Project "tgt file" directory

Defines the name of the directory where the Target Definition (TGT) files will be generated by the Meister Add-in. You can rename this directory to any Windows-allowed directory name.

Force Assemblies to this subdirectory

Select this option will consolidate all outputs to the same directory.  The directory must be relative to your solution file.

Build output to project output directories

Selecting this option will set the build directory to be under the <OMBuild Project>/build directory for Meister builds, in order to separate Meister builds from the regular VS IDE builds

Generate TGTs for Project Skipped in current .NET build configuration

Selecting this checkbox will cause the Add-in to generate TGTs for projects that are skipped in the .NET build configuration screen. The default for this option is "no" (i.e. box NOT checked.)

Generate TGTs before every build

Selecting this will cause TGTs to be generated before every build run through the Add-in. The default option is "yes" (i.e. box checked.)

Generate TGTs for Web Site Projects

Selecting this will cause TGTs to be generated for Web Site projects.  The default option is “no” (i.e. box NOT checked)

Force TGTs to use devenv Build Service

Selecting this will cause TGTs all to be generated with .Net Solution Executable or .Net Solution Dynamic Link Library even if MSBuild can be used.  This option should be used when there is a mix of C++ and C# or C++ and VB projects exist in the Solution.