Use Python to build project in Visual Studio

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created May 14, 2004 · complexity intermediate · author Jens Berlips · version 6.0

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tip 1

This tip has some similarities with script#864.

If you want to rebuild the entire project in Visual Studio 6++:

function! RebuildAllVC()
python << EOF
import win32com.client
obj = win32com.client.GetActiveObject('MSDev.Application')
obj.RebuildAll()
EOF
endfunction

There are a lot more things you can do, check out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcug98/html/_asug_application_object.asp the application in that link is the "obj" in the code.

tip 2

Using VisVim and the new VIM6.3 *-P* option you can get vim to be your default editor inside VS6.

Example:

"gvim -P Microsoft Visual C++"

Note: If VS6 hangs Vim won't close, as a consequence there will still be an instance in the taskbar. Kill it if you wan't to restart VS6 and use VIM!