makefile exported by vc 6.0 doesn't work

Hi there,

When a make file is exported with VC 6.0 "Export Makefile..." function, and executed from command line, it doesn't work. The error is

Code:

D:\iis>NMAKE /f "iis.mak" Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved. No configuration specified. Defaulting to iis - Win32 Debug. NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make '"c:\program files\microsoft v isual studio\vc98\include\basetsd.h"' Stop.

The VC 6.0 is installed at "e:\...", but "c:\...". How to correct the makefile exported by VC 6.0 to make it work?

Thanks,

Did you run vcvars.bat/vsvars.bat (might call itself something like 'visual c++ command prompt' in its shortcut) before invoking nmake?

No, I can not find them, no matter it is vcvars.bat or vsvars.bat. Where are they?

Thanks,

If you've properly installed vc6 then it should be one of the shortcuts in the program group under visual c++ with a name something like 'visual c++ command prompt', as I've previously described. This runs vcvars.bat ('vsvars.bat' with visual studio, I think) which sets various environment variables such as include, lib and compiler etc. paths. Do a search in your vc6 installation directory for 'vcvars.bat' and open it with a text editor if you want more specific information about it.

It's VCVARS32.BAT. But even it is executed, and

set MSVCDir=E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98

the problem is still there.

Thanks,

>>VCVARS32.BAT<<

Close enough. ;)

>>the problem is still there.<<

Post the makefile - if it's huge it might be a better idea to zip it up and attach it rather than post it. Post any errors, too.

Thanks your response. below is the makefile:

Code:

# Microsoft Developer Studio Generated NMAKE File, Based on iis.dsp !IF "$(CFG)" == "" CFG=iis - Win32 Debug !MESSAGE No configuration specified. Defaulting to iis - Win32 Debug. !ENDIF !IF "$(CFG)" != "iis - Win32 Release" && "$(CFG)" != "iis - Win32 Debug" !MESSAGE Invalid configuration "$(CFG)" specified. !MESSAGE You can specify a configuration when running NMAKE !MESSAGE by defining the macro CFG on the command line. For example: !MESSAGE !MESSAGE NMAKE /f "iis.mak" CFG="iis - Win32 Debug" !MESSAGE !MESSAGE Possible choices for configuration are: !MESSAGE !MESSAGE "iis - Win32 Release" (based on "Win32 (x86) Application") !MESSAGE "iis - Win32 Debug" (based on "Win32 (x86) Application") !MESSAGE !ERROR An invalid configuration is specified. !ENDIF !IF "$(OS)" == "Windows_NT" NULL= !ELSE NULL=nul !ENDIF !IF "$(CFG)" == "iis - Win32 Release" OUTDIR=.\Release INTDIR=.\Release # Begin Custom Macros OutDir=.\Release # End Custom Macros ALL : "$(OUTDIR)\iis.exe" CLEAN : -@erase "$(INTDIR)\builddict.obj" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\iis.obj" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\iis.res" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\StdAfx.obj" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\vc60.idb" -@erase "$(OUTDIR)\iis.exe" "$(OUTDIR)" : if not exist "$(OUTDIR)/$(NULL)" mkdir "$(OUTDIR)" CPP=cl.exe CPP_PROJ=/nologo /ML /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /Fp"$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" /Yu"stdafx.h" /Fo"$(INTDIR)\\" /Fd"$(INTDIR)\\" /FD /c .c{$(INTDIR)}.obj:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .cpp{$(INTDIR)}.obj:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .cxx{$(INTDIR)}.obj:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .c{$(INTDIR)}.sbr:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .cpp{$(INTDIR)}.sbr:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .cxx{$(INTDIR)}.sbr:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << MTL=midl.exe MTL_PROJ=/nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32 RSC=rc.exe RSC_PROJ=/l 0x409 /fo"$(INTDIR)\iis.res" /d "NDEBUG" BSC32=bscmake.exe BSC32_FLAGS=/nologo /o"$(OUTDIR)\iis.bsc" BSC32_SBRS= \ LINK32=link.exe LINK32_FLAGS=kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /subsystem:windows /incremental:no /pdb:"$(OUTDIR)\iis.pdb" /machine:I386 /out:"$(OUTDIR)\iis.exe" LINK32_OBJS= \ "$(INTDIR)\builddict.obj" \ "$(INTDIR)\iis.obj" \ "$(INTDIR)\StdAfx.obj" \ "$(INTDIR)\iis.res" "$(OUTDIR)\iis.exe" : "$(OUTDIR)" $(DEF_FILE) $(LINK32_OBJS) $(LINK32) @<< $(LINK32_FLAGS) $(LINK32_OBJS) << !ELSEIF "$(CFG)" == "iis - Win32 Debug" OUTDIR=.\Debug INTDIR=.\Debug # Begin Custom Macros OutDir=.\Debug # End Custom Macros ALL : "$(OUTDIR)\iis.exe" CLEAN : -@erase "$(INTDIR)\builddict.obj" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\iis.obj" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\iis.res" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\StdAfx.obj" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\vc60.idb" -@erase "$(INTDIR)\vc60.pdb" -@erase "$(OUTDIR)\iis.exe" -@erase "$(OUTDIR)\iis.ilk" -@erase "$(OUTDIR)\iis.pdb" "$(OUTDIR)" : if not exist "$(OUTDIR)/$(NULL)" mkdir "$(OUTDIR)" CPP=cl.exe CPP_PROJ=/nologo /MLd /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /Fp"$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" /Yu"stdafx.h" /Fo"$(INTDIR)\\" /Fd"$(INTDIR)\\" /FD /GZ /c .c{$(INTDIR)}.obj:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .cpp{$(INTDIR)}.obj:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .cxx{$(INTDIR)}.obj:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .c{$(INTDIR)}.sbr:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .cpp{$(INTDIR)}.sbr:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << .cxx{$(INTDIR)}.sbr:: $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_PROJ) $< << MTL=midl.exe MTL_PROJ=/nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32 RSC=rc.exe RSC_PROJ=/l 0x409 /fo"$(INTDIR)\iis.res" /d "_DEBUG" BSC32=bscmake.exe BSC32_FLAGS=/nologo /o"$(OUTDIR)\iis.bsc" BSC32_SBRS= \ LINK32=link.exe LINK32_FLAGS=kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /subsystem:windows /incremental:yes /pdb:"$(OUTDIR)\iis.pdb" /debug /machine:I386 /out:"$(OUTDIR)\iis.exe" /pdbtype:sept LINK32_OBJS= \ "$(INTDIR)\builddict.obj" \ "$(INTDIR)\iis.obj" \ "$(INTDIR)\StdAfx.obj" \ "$(INTDIR)\iis.res" "$(OUTDIR)\iis.exe" : "$(OUTDIR)" $(DEF_FILE) $(LINK32_OBJS) $(LINK32) @<< $(LINK32_FLAGS) $(LINK32_OBJS) << !ENDIF !IF "$(NO_EXTERNAL_DEPS)" != "1" !IF EXISTS("iis.dep") !INCLUDE "iis.dep" !ELSE !MESSAGE Warning: cannot find "iis.dep" !ENDIF !ENDIF !IF "$(CFG)" == "iis - Win32 Release" || "$(CFG)" == "iis - Win32 Debug" SOURCE=.\builddict.c !IF "$(CFG)" == "iis - Win32 Release" CPP_SWITCHES=/nologo /ML /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /Fp"$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" /Yu"stdafx.h" /Fo"$(INTDIR)\\" /Fd"$(INTDIR)\\" /FD /c "$(INTDIR)\builddict.obj" : $(SOURCE) "$(INTDIR)" "$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_SWITCHES) $(SOURCE) << !ELSEIF "$(CFG)" == "iis - Win32 Debug" CPP_SWITCHES=/nologo /MLd /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /Fo"$(INTDIR)\\" /Fd"$(INTDIR)\\" /FD /GZ /c "$(INTDIR)\builddict.obj" : $(SOURCE) "$(INTDIR)" $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_SWITCHES) $(SOURCE) << !ENDIF SOURCE=.\iis.cpp "$(INTDIR)\iis.obj" : $(SOURCE) "$(INTDIR)" "$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" SOURCE=.\iis.rc "$(INTDIR)\iis.res" : $(SOURCE) "$(INTDIR)" $(RSC) $(RSC_PROJ) $(SOURCE) SOURCE=.\StdAfx.cpp !IF "$(CFG)" == "iis - Win32 Release" CPP_SWITCHES=/nologo /ML /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /Fp"$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" /Yc"stdafx.h" /Fo"$(INTDIR)\\" /Fd"$(INTDIR)\\" /FD /c "$(INTDIR)\StdAfx.obj" "$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" : $(SOURCE) "$(INTDIR)" $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_SWITCHES) $(SOURCE) << !ELSEIF "$(CFG)" == "iis - Win32 Debug" CPP_SWITCHES=/nologo /MLd /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /Fp"$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" /Yc"stdafx.h" /Fo"$(INTDIR)\\" /Fd"$(INTDIR)\\" /FD /GZ /c "$(INTDIR)\StdAfx.obj" "$(INTDIR)\iis.pch" : $(SOURCE) "$(INTDIR)" $(CPP) @<< $(CPP_SWITCHES) $(SOURCE) << !ENDIF !ENDIF

The makefile looks okay to me. Do you actually have the 'basetsd.h', referred to in your original error message, in your vc6 'include' directory. If I recall correctly, it was not included in the default vc++ 6.0 installation but was a part of later sdks. Have you applied any psdk updates since you installed vc6? If not, you should, although I suspect you'll have to dig a little on microsoft's downloads site to find a version compatible with vc6. The latest version can be downloaded from here but I'm not sure it will be fully comptible with vc6.