Creating a custom project type for Visual Studio to create Borland C ++ Builder projects in Visual Studio

Question

I want to start developing a custom project type for Visual Studio that creates a BPR project using Visual Studio.

I need some tips to get started with this project. Where can I find a template for this type of project?

My goal is to remove the Borland C ++ Builder ugly and unstable interface from the development process and work with Visual Studio.

Answer 1

Edit: Oh, I really haven’t seen that you are going to create a new project type for C ++ Builder files. In this case, you need to create a language pack. Visual Studio Extensibility site should get started. Also see this more specific link .

I will leave my old answer here for reference, because it can help people who just want to create C ++ Builder projects without creating a completely new type of project :)

You did not specify a version of Visual Studio, but I assume a recent one. In Visual Studio 8 and 9, most project files (all popular except Visual C ++) are actually MSBuild files and therefore can be created by MSBuild. You can add a simple command line task (Exec) to create your bpr in the command line or create a custom task for it (if you do not find it already available, the search conditions must be MSBuild and a custom task), thus, Visual Studio and MSBuild can create whatever you like. If you don’t have an MSBuild file to start with or want to dive into the task development,

Answer 2

Integrating C ++ Builder projects into the build process should be much easier with C ++ Builder 2007 or 2009, since both use MSBuild as the build system. But then, I think that updating to the latest version of C ++ Builder solves your problem in a different way :)