[webkit-dev] loading webkit Visual Studio 2005 project file error

Matt Lilek webkit at mattlilek.com
Tue Nov 25 09:05:51 PST 2008


Did you set the WEBKITOUTPUTDIR and WEBKITLIBRARIESDIR
environment variables?
See
http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BuildingOnWindows#BuildingfromwithinVisualStudio

- Matt

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Jack Wootton <jackwootton at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I attempted to load the file 'WebKit\win\WebKit.vcproj\WebKit.vcproj'
> using Visual Studio 2005, but received the following error:
>
>
> /***********************************************************************************************/
> The following error has occurred during XML parsing:
>
> File: C:\cygwin\home\Jack
> Wootton\WebKit\WebKit\win\WebKit.vcproj\WebKit.vcproj
> Line: 23
> Column: 4
> Error Message:
> Property sheet file
> '$(WebKitLibrariesDir)\tools\vsprops\common.vsprops' was not found or
> failed to load.
> The file 'C:\cygwin\home\Jack
> Wootton\WebKit\WebKit\win\WebKit.vcproj\WebKit.vcproj' has failed to
> load.
>
> /***********************************************************************************************/
>
> I searched for 'commin.vsprops' and found it in
>
> WebKit\WebKitLibraries\win\tools\vsprops
>
> The error message shows visual studio is looking for it in
>
> $(WebKitLibrariesDir)\tools\vsprops\
>
> Is the error caused by the missing 'win' directory and if so why is it
> missing?
>
> Many thanks,
> Jack
>
> --
> Regards
> Jack
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