[BlissSol]

Hi, I'm hoping someone may have some ideas here...
I'm trying to build v14.0 (final) of Kodi. I follow all the instructions on the 'How-To' Wiki page (re link below), everything appears to work with no errors,
until i run the BuildSetup.bat file. This does run (for about 5-10mins), but it never produces an .exe file.
http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Compile_for_Windows

If i open the project in Visual Studio 2013, i can run Kodi with no issue... it just wont build anything, via its BuldSetup batch file.

As to my system im building on;
Core i7 930 (1st Gen Core i7), 12GB RAM, Radeon 5950 x2 3GB Graphic Card.
Windows 7 SP1, Visual Studio 2013, TortisteGit, Nullsoft scriptable install, CMake, Java;
Git + Java are both in the Windows Path;
.Net Framework 4/4.5 is installed.

If any logs are created when running buildsetup.bat, let me know where to find them ~ as ive been looking but it appears there aren't any.

Final other thing i noticed;
If i compile the project in VS2013, it somehow misses including the skin;
Well that is to say, if i navigate to the folder after compiling,
\Project\Win32BuildSetup\Build_WIN32\Application\addons
all other addons are in that folder, but the skin is completely missing.

[BlissSol]

Oh... i should also possibly mention - i also have Visual Studio 2010 Professional installed on my system (in addition to the 2013 version);

I'm a part time Uni student, and we use the VS2010 version for development at Uni.

[baijuxavior]

I don't know the exact reasons, but setup was unbale to create the exe in my system also. It always failed while trying to compile pvraddons. So I changed 'SET buildpvraddons=true' to false and compilation was successful. I dont use pvr functionality.

[MikeB2013]

Oh... i should also possibly mention - i also have Visual Studio 2010 Professional installed on my system (in addition to the 2013 version);

I'm a part time Uni student, and we use the VS2010 version for development at Uni.

Which version of Visual Studio 2013 did you install ?

I use Visual Studio Express 2013 Desktop edition.

Mike

[BlissSol]

Which version of Visual Studio 2013 did you install ?

I use Visual Studio Express 2013 Desktop edition.

Mike

I'm also using the Express 2013 Desktop Edition;
~ only the 2010 Edition is Professional.

[BlissSol]

I don't know the exact reasons, but setup was unbale to create the exe in my system also. It always failed while trying to compile pvraddons. So I changed 'SET buildpvraddons=true' to false and compilation was successful. I dont use pvr functionality.

I'll try building it tonite with PVR addon's set to disabled, and let u know.
If it works, i'd have to conclude there's something within our development environment which causes issues for pvraddons.

[baijuxavior]

I don't know the exact reasons, but setup was unbale to create the exe in my system also. It always failed while trying to compile pvraddons. So I changed 'SET buildpvraddons=true' to false and compilation was successful. I dont use pvr functionality.

I'll try building it tonite with PVR addon's set to disabled, and let u know.
If it works, i'd have to conclude there's something within our development environment which causes issues for pvraddons.

It is not a perfect solution. But it works for me.

Did you run 'DownloadBuildDeps' in BuildDependencies?

Code:

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
REM setup all paths
SET cur_dir=%CD%
SET base_dir=%cur_dir%\..\..
SET builddeps_dir=%cur_dir%\..\..\project\BuildDependencies
SET bin_dir=%builddeps_dir%\bin
SET msys_bin_dir=%builddeps_dir%\msys\bin
REM read the version values from version.txt
FOR /f %%i IN ('%msys_bin_dir%\awk.exe "/APP_NAME/ {print $2}" %base_dir%\version.txt') DO SET APP_NAME=%%i
FOR /f %%i IN ('%msys_bin_dir%\awk.exe "/COMPANY_NAME/ {print $2}" %base_dir%\version.txt') DO SET COMPANY=%%i
FOR /f %%i IN ('%msys_bin_dir%\awk.exe "/WEBSITE/ {print $2}" %base_dir%\version.txt') DO SET WEBSITE=%%i

rem ----Usage----
rem BuildSetup [clean|noclean]
rem clean to force a full rebuild
rem noclean to force a build without clean
rem noprompt to avoid all prompts
rem nomingwlibs to skip building all libs built with mingw
CLS
COLOR 1B
TITLE %APP_NAME% for Windows Build Script
rem ----PURPOSE----
rem - Create a working application build with a single click
rem -------------------------------------------------------------
rem Config
rem If you get an error that Visual studio was not found, SET your path for VSNET main executable.
rem -------------------------------------------------------------
rem  CONFIG START
SET buildmode=ask
SET promptlevel=prompt
SET buildmingwlibs=true
SET buildpvraddons=false
SET buildbinaryaddons=false
SET exitcode=0
SET useshell=rxvt
SET BRANCH=na
FOR %%b in (%1, %2, %3, %4, %5) DO (
  IF %%b==clean SET buildmode=clean
  IF %%b==noclean SET buildmode=noclean
  IF %%b==noprompt SET promptlevel=noprompt
  IF %%b==nomingwlibs SET buildmingwlibs=false
  IF %%b==nopvraddons SET buildpvraddons=false
  IF %%b==nobinaryaddons SET buildbinaryaddons=false
  IF %%b==sh SET useshell=sh
)

SET buildconfig=Release
set WORKSPACE=%CD%\..\..


  REM look for MSBuild.exe delivered with Visual Studio 2013
  FOR /F "tokens=2,* delims= " %%A IN ('REG QUERY HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSBuild\ToolsVersions\12.0 /v MSBuildToolsRoot') DO SET MSBUILDROOT=%%B
  SET NET="%MSBUILDROOT%12.0\bin\MSBuild.exe"

  IF EXIST "!NET!" (
    set msbuildemitsolution=1
    set OPTS_EXE="..\VS2010Express\XBMC for Windows.sln" /t:Build /p:Configuration="%buildconfig%" /property:VCTargetsPath="%MSBUILDROOT%Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120" /m
    set CLEAN_EXE="..\VS2010Express\XBMC for Windows.sln" /t:Clean /p:Configuration="%buildconfig%" /property:VCTargetsPath="%MSBUILDROOT%Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120"
  )

  IF NOT EXIST %NET% (
    set DIETEXT=MSBuild was not found.
    goto DIE
  )
  
  set EXE= "..\VS2010Express\XBMC\%buildconfig%\%APP_NAME%.exe"
  set PDB= "..\VS2010Express\XBMC\%buildconfig%\%APP_NAME%.pdb"
  
  :: sets the BRANCH env var
  call getbranch.bat

  rem  CONFIG END
  rem -------------------------------------------------------------
  goto EXE_COMPILE

:EXE_COMPILE
  IF EXIST buildlog.html del buildlog.html /q
  IF NOT %buildmode%==ask goto COMPILE_MINGW
  IF %promptlevel%==noprompt goto COMPILE_MINGW
  rem ---------------------------------------------
  rem  check for existing exe
  rem ---------------------------------------------
  set buildmode=clean
  
  IF NOT EXIST %EXE% goto COMPILE_MINGW
  
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  ECHO Found a previous Compiled WIN32 EXE!
  ECHO [1] a NEW EXE will be compiled for the BUILD_WIN32
  ECHO [2] existing EXE will be updated (quick mode compile) for the BUILD_WIN32
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  set /P APP_COMPILE_ANSWER=Compile a new EXE? [1/2]:
  if /I %APP_COMPILE_ANSWER% EQU 1 set buildmode=clean
  if /I %APP_COMPILE_ANSWER% EQU 2 set buildmode=noclean

  goto COMPILE_MINGW
  

:COMPILE_MINGW
  ECHO Buildmode = %buildmode%
  IF %buildmingwlibs%==true (
    ECHO Compiling mingw libs
    ECHO bla>noprompt
    IF EXIST errormingw del errormingw > NUL
    IF %buildmode%==clean (
      ECHO bla>makeclean
    )
    rem only use sh to please jenkins
    IF %useshell%==sh (
      call ..\..\tools\buildsteps\win32\make-mingwlibs.bat sh noprompt
    ) ELSE (
      call ..\..\tools\buildsteps\win32\make-mingwlibs.bat noprompt
    )
    IF EXIST errormingw (
      set DIETEXT="failed to build mingw libs"
      goto DIE
    )
  )
  IF %buildmode%==clean goto COMPILE_EXE
  goto COMPILE_NO_CLEAN_EXE
  
  
:COMPILE_EXE
  ECHO Wait while preparing the build.
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  ECHO Cleaning Solution...
  %NET% %CLEAN_EXE%
  ECHO Compiling %APP_NAME% branch %BRANCH%...
  %NET% %OPTS_EXE%
  IF %errorlevel%==1 (
    set DIETEXT="%APP_NAME%.EXE failed to build!  See %CD%\..\vs2010express\XBMC\%buildconfig%\objs\XBMC.log"
    IF %promptlevel%==noprompt (
      type "%CD%\..\vs2010express\XBMC\%buildconfig%\objs\XBMC.log"
    )
    goto DIE
  )
  ECHO Done!
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  set buildmode=clean
  GOTO MAKE_BUILD_EXE
  
:COMPILE_NO_CLEAN_EXE
  ECHO Wait while preparing the build.
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  ECHO Compiling %APP_NAME% branch %BRANCH%...
  %NET% %OPTS_EXE%
  IF %errorlevel%==1 (
    set DIETEXT="%APP_NAME%.EXE failed to build!  See %CD%\..\vs2010express\XBMC\%buildconfig%\objs\XBMC.log"
    IF %promptlevel%==noprompt (
      type "%CD%\..\vs2010express\XBMC\%buildconfig%\objs\XBMC.log"
    )
    goto DIE
  )
  ECHO Done!
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  GOTO MAKE_BUILD_EXE

:MAKE_BUILD_EXE
  ECHO Copying files...
  IF EXIST BUILD_WIN32 rmdir BUILD_WIN32 /S /Q
  rem Add files to exclude.txt that should not be included in the installer
  
  Echo Thumbs.db>>exclude.txt
  Echo Desktop.ini>>exclude.txt
  Echo dsstdfx.bin>>exclude.txt
  Echo exclude.txt>>exclude.txt
  Echo xbmc.log>>exclude.txt
  Echo xbmc.old.log>>exclude.txt
  Echo kodi.log>>exclude.txt
  Echo kodi.old.log>>exclude.txt
  rem Exclude userdata files
  Echo userdata\advancedsettings.xml>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\guisettings.xml>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\mediasources.xml>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\ModeLines_template.xml>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\passwords.xml>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\profiles.xml>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\sources.xml>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\upnpserver.xml>>exclude.txt
  rem Exclude userdata folders
  Echo userdata\addon_data\>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\cache\>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\database\>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\playlists\>>exclude.txt
  Echo userdata\thumbnails\>>exclude.txt
  rem Exclude non Windows addons
  Echo addons\repository.pvr-android.xbmc.org\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\repository.pvr-ios.xbmc.org\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\repository.pvr-osx32.xbmc.org\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\repository.pvr-osx64.xbmc.org\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\screensaver.rsxs.euphoria\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\screensaver.rsxs.plasma\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\screensaver.rsxs.solarwinds\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\visualization.fishbmc\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\visualization.projectm\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\visualization.glspectrum\>>exclude.txt
  rem Exclude skins as they're copied by their own script
  Echo addons\skin.re-touched\>>exclude.txt
  Echo addons\skin.confluence\>>exclude.txt
  
  md BUILD_WIN32\application

  xcopy %EXE% BUILD_WIN32\application > NUL
  xcopy ..\..\userdata BUILD_WIN32\application\userdata /E /Q /I /Y /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt > NUL
  copy ..\..\copying.txt BUILD_WIN32\application > NUL
  copy ..\..\LICENSE.GPL BUILD_WIN32\application > NUL
  copy ..\..\known_issues.txt BUILD_WIN32\application > NUL
  xcopy dependencies\*.* BUILD_WIN32\application /Q /I /Y /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt  > NUL
  
  xcopy ..\..\language BUILD_WIN32\application\language /E /Q /I /Y /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt  > NUL
  xcopy ..\..\addons BUILD_WIN32\application\addons /E /Q /I /Y /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt > NUL
  xcopy ..\..\system BUILD_WIN32\application\system /E /Q /I /Y /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt  > NUL
  xcopy ..\..\media BUILD_WIN32\application\media /E /Q /I /Y /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt  > NUL
  xcopy ..\..\sounds BUILD_WIN32\application\sounds /E /Q /I /Y /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt  > NUL
  
  SET build_path=%CD%
  IF %buildpvraddons%==true (
    ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
    ECHO Building pvr addons...
    call buildpvraddons.bat
    IF %errorlevel%==1 (
      set DIETEXT="failed to build pvr addons"
      goto DIE
    )
      
    IF EXIST error.log del error.log > NUL
  )

  IF %buildbinaryaddons%==true (
    ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
    ECHO Building addons...
    cd ..\..\tools\buildsteps\win32
    call make-addons.bat
    IF %errorlevel%==1 (
      set DIETEXT="failed to build addons"
      cd %build_path%
      goto DIE
    )

    cd %build_path%
    IF EXIST error.log del error.log > NUL
  )

  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  ECHO Building Confluence Skin...
  cd ..\..\addons\skin.confluence
  call build.bat > NUL
  cd %build_path%
  
  IF EXIST  ..\..\addons\skin.re-touched\build.bat (
    ECHO Building Touch Skin...
    cd ..\..\addons\skin.re-touched
    call build.bat > NUL
    cd %build_path%
  )
  
  rem restore color and title, some scripts mess these up
  COLOR 1B
  TITLE %APP_NAME% for Windows Build Script

  IF EXIST exclude.txt del exclude.txt  > NUL
  del /s /q /f BUILD_WIN32\application\*.so  > NUL
  del /s /q /f BUILD_WIN32\application\*.h  > NUL
  del /s /q /f BUILD_WIN32\application\*.cpp  > NUL
  del /s /q /f BUILD_WIN32\application\*.exp  > NUL
  del /s /q /f BUILD_WIN32\application\*.lib  > NUL
  
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  ECHO Build Succeeded!
  GOTO NSIS_EXE

:NSIS_EXE
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  ECHO Generating installer includes...
  call genNsisIncludes.bat
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  call getdeploydependencies.bat
  CALL extract_git_rev.bat > NUL
  SET APP_SETUPFILE=%APP_NAME%Setup-%GIT_REV%-%BRANCH%.exe
  SET APP_PDBFILE=%APP_NAME%Setup-%GIT_REV%-%BRANCH%.pdb
  ECHO Creating installer %APP_SETUPFILE%...
  IF EXIST %APP_SETUPFILE% del %APP_SETUPFILE% > NUL
  rem get path to makensis.exe from registry, first try tab delim
  FOR /F "tokens=2* delims=  " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\NSIS" /ve') DO SET NSISExePath=%%B

  IF NOT EXIST "%NSISExePath%" (
    rem try with space delim instead of tab
    FOR /F "tokens=2* delims= " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\NSIS" /ve') DO SET NSISExePath=%%B
  )
      
  IF NOT EXIST "%NSISExePath%" (
    rem fails on localized windows (Default) becomes (Par D�faut)
    FOR /F "tokens=3* delims=  " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\NSIS" /ve') DO SET NSISExePath=%%B
  )

  IF NOT EXIST "%NSISExePath%" (
    FOR /F "tokens=3* delims= " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\NSIS" /ve') DO SET NSISExePath=%%B
  )
  
  rem proper x64 registry checks
  IF NOT EXIST "%NSISExePath%" (
    ECHO using x64 registry entries
    FOR /F "tokens=2* delims=  " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\NSIS" /ve') DO SET NSISExePath=%%B
  )
  IF NOT EXIST "%NSISExePath%" (
    rem try with space delim instead of tab
    FOR /F "tokens=2* delims= " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\NSIS" /ve') DO SET NSISExePath=%%B
  )
  IF NOT EXIST "%NSISExePath%" (
    rem on win 7 x64, the previous fails
    FOR /F "tokens=3* delims=  " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\NSIS" /ve') DO SET NSISExePath=%%B
  )
  IF NOT EXIST "%NSISExePath%" (
    rem try with space delim instead of tab
    FOR /F "tokens=3* delims= " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\NSIS" /ve') DO SET NSISExePath=%%B
  )

  SET NSISExe=%NSISExePath%\makensis.exe
  "%NSISExe%" /V1 /X"SetCompressor /FINAL lzma" /Dapp_root="%CD%\BUILD_WIN32" /DAPP_NAME="%APP_NAME%" /DCOMPANY="%COMPANY%" /DWEBSITE="%WEBSITE%" /Dapp_revision="%GIT_REV%" /Dapp_target="%target%" /Dapp_branch="%BRANCH%" "genNsisInstaller.nsi"
  IF NOT EXIST "%APP_SETUPFILE%" (
    set DIETEXT=Failed to create %APP_SETUPFILE%. NSIS installed?
    goto DIE
  )
  copy %PDB% %APP_PDBFILE% > nul
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  ECHO Done!
  ECHO Setup is located at %CD%\%APP_SETUPFILE%
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  GOTO VIEWLOG_EXE
  
:DIE
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  ECHO !-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-
  ECHO    ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR
  ECHO !-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-
  set DIETEXT=ERROR: %DIETEXT%
  echo %DIETEXT%
  SET exitcode=1
  ECHO ------------------------------------------------------------
  GOTO END

:VIEWLOG_EXE
  SET log="%CD%\..\vs2010express\XBMC\%buildconfig%\objs\XBMC.log"
  IF NOT EXIST %log% goto END
  
  copy %log% ./buildlog.html > NUL

  IF %promptlevel%==noprompt (
    goto END
  )

  set /P APP_BUILD_ANSWER=View the build log in your HTML browser? [y/n]
  if /I %APP_BUILD_ANSWER% NEQ y goto END
  
  SET log="%CD%\..\vs2010express\XBMC\%buildconfig%\objs\" XBMC.log
  
  start /D%log%
  goto END

:END
  IF %promptlevel% NEQ noprompt (
    ECHO Press any key to exit...
    pause > NUL
  )
  EXIT /B %exitcode%

[BlissSol]

It is not a perfect solution. But it works for me.

Did you run 'DownloadBuildDeps' in BuildDependencies?

Yep, i ran DownloadBuildDeps, DownloadMingwBuildEnv & make-mingwlibs.bat all prior to running BuildSetup

I don't know the exact reasons, but setup was unbale to create the exe in my system also. It always failed while trying to compile pvraddons. So I changed 'SET buildpvraddons=true' to false and compilation was successful. I dont use pvr functionality.

Setting buildpvraddons='false' allowed the exe to be built.
Thus im assuming there's something different within the pvr addons - to the rest of the code, which is causing it to fail. (i.e: a per-requistite of sorts?)

While i can do without it for the moment, i'd like to get to the bottom of it, as id like to get my PVR working again.

[BlissSol]

As a side thought, has anyone compiled/built the project from within a VM?
I'm wondering if setting up a clean VM with just the bare essentials for building Kodi would help.

I'm also wondering if somehow this issue is tied to .Net framework 4...
I just mention .Net 4, as for a period i had to uninstall it, as it caused a conflict with a certain file within VS2010 (and an earlier .Net framework)... and i just reinstalled it when i went to compile Kodi with VS2013.

[BlissSol]

Well stupid me... i just discovered that i had actually grabbed the code from GitHub for version 15 Alpha1... and this is what i was trying to compile.