RESOLVED FIXED 16887
Cannot open WebKit solution unless $WebKitLibrariesDir env var is set 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16887
Summary Cannot open WebKit solution unless $WebKitLibrariesDir env var is set
Brent Fulgham
Reported 2008-01-15 16:29:02 PST
Attempting to open the WebCore.vcproj in Visual Studio generates the following error: The following error has occurred during XML parsing: File: C:\Fulgham\WebKit\WebCore\WebCore.vcproj\WebCore.vcproj Line: 24 Column: 4 Error Message: Property sheet file '$(WebKitLibrariesDir)\tools\vsprops\common.vsprops' was not found or failed to load. The file 'C:\Fulgham\WebKit\WebCore\WebCore.vcproj\WebCore.vcproj' has failed to load. Likewise, the QTMovieWin.vcproj fails to load: The following error has occurred during XML parsing: File: C:\Fulgham\WebKit\WebCore\WebCore.vcproj\QTMovieWin.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:\Fulgham\WebKit\WebCore\WebCore.vcproj\QTMovieWin.vcproj' has failed to load. It looks like the ZIP file "WebKitAuxiliaryLibrary.zip" needs to be updated to contain these files, or they should be added to source control so they get checked out with the rest of the sources.
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Matt Lilek
Comment 1 2008-01-15 17:21:24 PST
I don't think this has anything to do with the aux libs. Steve added these files in <http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/changeset/29412>. I just updated and opened the WebKit solution as well as WebCore.vcproj just fine. Make sure that those vcproj files don't have conflicts using "svn stat" as I've run into that XML error a few times due to conflicts in the file.
Matt Lilek
Comment 2 2008-01-15 17:36:20 PST
Setting the $WebKitLibrariesDir environment variable allows this to load. Also, I get the XML parsing error for all the projects within the WebKit solution, not just WebCore and QTMovieWin.
Eric Seidel (no email)
Comment 3 2008-01-23 16:12:52 PST
We should at least document this on the instructions for building windows @ webkit.org
Eric Seidel (no email)
Comment 4 2008-01-23 16:14:15 PST
I guess this is documented at: http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/wiki/BuildingOnWindows
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 5 2008-01-23 23:50:55 PST
I think it's good that the project refuses to open - having mysterious build failures later would be much worse! Actually, I had this variable set incorrectly at first, and figuring that out wasn't quite trivial.
Brent Fulgham
Comment 6 2008-03-07 09:45:30 PST
Since this is now documented on the Wiki, and is part of the general knowledge base, I am closing this issue.
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