a few mods to get over the DOS problems we've had a while. these were multifarious...

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / generator / vis_stu_vars.sh

diff --git a/scripts/generator/vis_stu_vars.sh b/scripts/generator/vis_stu_vars.sh
index 3f9c50ecdff1c881293e8fc59f79193f78cb2a46..1fe1a43866bc073b3c86593c933583ce8a64d1d1 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/generator/vis_stu_vars.sh
+++ b/scripts/generator/vis_stu_vars.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,23 @@ function setup_visual_studio_variables()
 #on hold:    export PLATFORM_DIR="$(short_path "$PROGRAMFILES/Microsoft SDKs/Windows/v7.0A" | tr "A-Z" "a-z" | sed -e 's/^\(.*\)\/[^\/]*\/[^\/]*[\/]$/\1/' )"
 ##| sed -e 's/^\(.\):/\/\1/' )"
 
-export PLATFORM_DIR="c:\progra~2\micros~1\windows\v7.0a"
+    # guess at where we can find this damned directory in its short form.
+#hmmm: this is needed until there's a replacement for short path, or we can build again.
+    export PLATFORM_DIR="c:/progra~2/micros~1/windows/v7.0a"
+    if [ ! -d "$PLATFORM_DIR" ]; then
+      PLATFORM_DIR="c:/progra~1/micros~1/windows/v7.0a"
+      if [ ! -d "$PLATFORM_DIR" ]; then
+        PLATFORM_DIR="c:/progra~1/micros~2/windows/v7.0a"
+        if [ ! -d "$PLATFORM_DIR" ]; then
+          PLATFORM_DIR="c:/progra~2/micros~2/windows/v7.0a"
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -d "$PLATFORM_DIR" ]; then
+      echo "*** Failure to calculate the platform directory based on several attempts using c:\\program files\\microsoft sdks\\windows\\v7.0a as the basic pattern"
+    fi
+  
 
   fi
   export WindowsSdkDir="$PLATFORM_DIR"