Compiling Detours

[ajtruckle]

I don't want to use VCPKG as I find it difficult to understand. NuGet Manager was simple.

So I used GitHub Desktop to clone the repository to my pc. Then I opened the solution file in Visual Studio 2022.

But it says:

D:\My Libraries\Detours\vc\Detours.vcxproj : warning : The build tools for Visual Studio 2019 (v142) cannot be found. Install Visual Studio 2019 (v142) to build using the Visual Studio 2019 (v142) build tools.

I don't want to install the 2019 build tools. Can I configure it for 2022 build tools?

So I closed the SLN file and opened the VCXPROJ file instead and tried to cmpile debug x86:

>Done building project "Detours.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
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1>Build FAILED.
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1>error CS1668 : Warning as error : Invalid search path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\atlmfc\lib\x86' specified in 'LIB environment variable' -- 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
1>NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.EXE' : return code '0x1'
1>NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x86\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
1>NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x86\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(46,5): error MSB3073: The command "SET DETOURS_TARGET_PROCESSOR=x86
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(46,5): error MSB3073: cd ..
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(46,5): error MSB3073: nmake" exited with code 2.

Either way, I can't compile the x86 or x64 library files. Please advise.

[lwahonen]

Did you include ATL / MFC when installing Visual Studio?

[ajtruckle]

@lwahonen I definitely have MFC installed as I use it. What I think might be happening is that the Detours project is configured for v142 toolset and I have v143. So I am going to try and update to my toolset I am using.

Also, I don’t understand why there is not a build option to just build the library files and not the samples. All I want is the library / header for use in my project with another third party header that implements dark mode task dialogs.

[ajtruckle]

@lwahonen I edited the vcxproj file and replaced:

<PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>

with

<PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>

Now it compiles with no errors.

[ajtruckle]

@lwahonen Can support for v143 be officially added?

[sylveon]

nmake is the way to go IMO, it is the original build system used by detours and will automatically use your current platform toolset. I don't quite understand why a competing build system (vcxproj) was added.

Either way, VS should've offered you to upgrade the platform toolset when opening the solution but I guess it didn't. Manually changing it is fine.

[ajtruckle]

@sylveon I haven’t used nmake before. At least it works now. But I can’t stand this VCPKG concept. I like simple step by step instructions. I did try to install / configure so that Detours is auto maintained but things went wrong. Thus I compiled directly with the solution myself.

[sylveon]

The FAQ has step by step instructions for building via nmake: https://github.com/microsoft/detours/wiki/faq#where-can-i-find-detourslib-and-detoursh

[ajtruckle]

Sure, I have tried using the VC Command Prompt:

**********************************************************************
** Visual Studio 2022 Developer Command Prompt v17.12.4
** Copyright (c) 2022 Microsoft Corporation
**********************************************************************

C:\Users\ajtru\source\repos>d:

D:\>cd D:\My Libraries\Detours\src

D:\My Libraries\Detours\src>nmake -f makefile

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.42.34436.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

        link /lib /out:..\lib.X86\detours.lib /nologo obj.X86\detours.obj      obj.X86\modules.obj      obj.X86\disasm.obj       obj.X86\image.obj        obj.X86\creatwth.obj     obj.X86\disolx86.obj     obj.X86\disolx64.obj     obj.X86\disolia64.obj    obj.X86\disolarm.obj     obj.X86\disolarm64.obj

D:\My Libraries\Detours\src>

But that is not a full compile like I get in VS 2022.

[apple-m3]

How can I build the project?

Thank you in advance. Johnson

[sylveon]

Build it from a developer command prompt

[apple-m3]

Thank you for your help, @sylveon

But, just I'm using Visual Studio 2015, and I can't find it in the app.

How to use developer command prompt in Visual Studio 2015?

So, just I used on Win -> Developer Command Prompt

But same issue...

:(