VS2003 Build on Command Line Throw Errors - batch-file

Question

I am trying to do an automated build using the command line for Visual Studio 2003. I have the following codes:
call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat"
Devenv /rebuild debug /project Project1 "C:\Builds\MyApp\Sample.sln"
Devenv /rebuild debug /project Project2 "C:\Builds\MyApp\Sample.sln"
Devenv /rebuild debug /project Project3 "C:\Builds\MyApp\Sample.sln"
In my script above, I build each project individually (like I saw in a tutorial on the internet). But each time I try to build, it throws me a lot of errors about the Microsoft Namespaces not being found. Below are sample error messages I get on the build:
Namespace or type 'Data' for the Imports
'Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data' cannot be found.
Namespace or type 'Sql' for the Imports
'Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.Sql' cannot be found.
Namespace or type 'Logging' for the Imports
'Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging' cannot be found.
Satellite assemblies could not be built because the main project
output is missing.
I have tried another method to build but this time it's the entire solution but still it gives me the same errors.
call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat"
Devenv C:\Builds\MyApp\Sample.sln /rebuild "Debug"
Can somebody please tell me what i'm missing?
I have over 50 projects in a single solution and it would really help me big time to create an automated build for this.
Thanks a lot! Cheers!

Answer 1

Don't "call" the "vsvars32.bat" file.
Use the full path for "Devenv.exe" (instead of #1).
Optionally: (maybe this is the kicker)..... cd to the directory where the .sln file resides.
"c:\myfullpath\Devenv.exe" /rebuild debug /project Project1 "C:\Builds\MyApp\Sample.sln"
Try that from the command line and see what happens.
Future Note:
In 2.0, you do NOT use "devenv.exe", you change it to msbuild.exe. (Just as an FYI).
You can also look up MSBee. (How to build 1.1 apps with msbuild).
EDIT
All of these lines are working for me.......I don't have VS2003 installed anymore. But I used VS2010 devenv.exe to run some samples.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" MySolution.sln /clean
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /build debug /project MyProject001 MySolution.sln
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /rebuild debug /project MyProject001 MySolution.sln
Note, if I switch the /clean with the MySolution.sln (in the first example).....it fails. So there may be some ordering voodoo.

Answer 2

I'm not sure exactly what you want but to automate the compilation of my C# projects I use msbuild.
For example this is a code I use to build some XNA project games:
Sample Code:
#echo off
set path=%path%;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
Rem In the above line replace "v4.0.30319" with the latest framework version you have
Rem (or include the path to youy inbuilt compiler)
Msbuild "C:\Builds\MyApp\Sample.sln"
Now to meet any other requirements you want you can just type msbuild /? after you added it to your path environemtn variable. The best thing is this will be inbuilt for every windows computor!
Please ask if you want to know anything else, or if you want to do something else.

Answer 3

Try this:
Each of your Projects should have a reference to the "Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary" - Files, dlls or whereever these are stored.
Maybe during an open IDE one holds a reference and copies it to the correspodending build folder. (After Build Task). While builing it independly the references could not be found.
If any copy tasks exist - Check the relative paths. Maybe your depended files targets to a different folder after build compared to build in the IDE.?
Just another idea..