Calling Python scripts as Visual Studio custom build step.

[Tom Harris]

Greetings,

Microsoft Visual Studio allows the specification of custom sets of commands
to be run when a file is built. Usually the output (stdout & stderr) of
these commands is redirected to a log window. When MSVC runs a Python
script, however, the output is lost. It works fine if the command is a batch
file or a Perl script. This is on MSVC 6.0 on NT 4.0, with Python 2.1 or
2.2.

Is there a workaround? Apart from using a real OS of course.

Tom Harris, Software Engineer
Optiscan Imaging, 15-17 Normanby Rd, Notting Hill, Melbourne, Vic 3168,
Australia
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