delphi 2007 command line compiler dcc32.cfg problem

Question

I'm using the command line compiler for builds. One problem I see is that the paths mentioned there seem to need to be the short versions of the filenames such that they don't contain any spaces. I don't know so much about this even though I have used it for some time.

I recently upgraded to d2009 and the problem started then.

Is there a way around shortening the path?

I should say I'm not eager to change to use the MS Build tool at this time. I just want to build an old copy of my app & get back to other work.

Here's the path used in the dcc32.cfg file for the -I, -U, -O, and -R parameters:

$(BDS)\LIB;$(BDS)\Imports;$(BDS)\Lib\Indy10;C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\BDS\4.0\RAVERE~1\Lib;c:\prj\lib\lib2002;C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\DOCUME~1\RADSTU~1\5.0\Bpl;c:\DOCUME~1\mike\MYDOCU~1\BORLAN~1\bpl;C:\Prj\Lib\LOCKBO~1\source;C:\Prj\Lib\MyComp;C:\Prj\Lib\ABBREV~1\source;C:\Prj\Lib\ZLib;C:\Prj\Lib\MinMod;C:\Prj\Lib\HELPMA~1;C:\Prj\Lib\DXGETT~1;c:\windows\system32;c:\prj\lib\xpburn;C:\Prj\Lib\WININE~1;C:\Prj\Lib\regexpr\Source;C:\Prj\Lib\VCARDR~1;C:\PROGRA~1\Raize\RC4\Lib\BDS2006;C:\Prj\Lib\jcl\lib\d10;C:\Prj\Lib\jcl\source;C:\Prj\Lib\jvcl\lib\D10;C:\Prj\Lib\jvcl\common;C:\Prj\Lib\jvcl\RESOUR~1;C:\Prj\Lib\ProE6\Delphi;C:\Prj\Lib\FastMM4;C:\Prj\Lib\OPENOF~1;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\Library\Delphi11;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EX38D9~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EXBD88~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\XPTHEM~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EX2EBC~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EXC5FB~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EX7C7C~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EXPRES~3\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EXPRES~4\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EXC73B~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EX7165~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EXPRES~2\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EXPRES~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EX749C~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\DEVELO~1\EX0A1A~1\Sources;C:\Prj\Lib\Mad\madBasic\BDS4;C:\Prj\Lib\Mad\MADDIS~1\BDS4;C:\Prj\Lib\Mad\MADEXC~1\BDS4;C:\Prj\Lib\Mad\MADKER~1\BDS4;C:\Prj\Lib\Mad\MADSEC~1\BDS4;C:\Prj\Lib\Mad\madShell\BDS4;C:\Prj\Lib\Mad\madShell\DeXter;C:\Prj\Lib\Mad\madExcept\..\Plugins;

I've copied it from the IDE's path like I have done in the path and used a program to shorten the path names.

Although there are no spaces in that path, it still can't find indy's IdCoder.dcu at C:\Program Files\CodeGear\RAD Studio\5.0\lib\Indy10

According to the d2007 environment variables, $(BDS) would apparently expand to c:\program files\codegear\rad studio\5.0

The IDE is considering this library path to be valid.

Why is this happening? I bet it's a simple mistake I haven't thought of!

Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

You could try to put the paths in quotes, that's the standard way of handling path-/filenames with spaces in Windows, though I never tried that in Delphi DCUs.

So, instead of

$(BDS)\Lib\Indy10

try

"$(BDS)\Lib\Indy10"

You could also try

"C:\Program Files\CodeGear\RAD Studio\5.0\lib\Indy10"

to check if the environment variable is correct.