premake / premake/premake-core

Add Visual Basic support with externalproject

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Description

What problem will this solve?
Add support for .vbproj files made outside of Premake.

What might be a solution?
Accept "VB" or "VisualBasic" in the language command.

externalproject "VisualBasicProject"
  language "VisualBasic"

What other alternatives have you already considered?
Manually add the project after generating the solution.

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the externalproject language command and its handling of external project files, then compare the existing language values. Done means accepting VB or VisualBasic and generating solutions that include externally created .vbproj files.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua, visualbasic
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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