Added support for local assembly references to Visual Studio Managed C++ projects

CHANGES.txt

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 * Added startproject() to specify solution startup project
 * Added ExcludeFromBuild flag to mark source files as non-buildable
 * Added MultiProcessorCompile flag to run multiple compiler processes
+* Fixed assembly references for Visual Studio Managed C++ projects
 
 
 -------

src/actions/vstudio/vs200x_vcproj.lua

@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
 		local refs = config.getlinks(cfg, "system", "fullpath", "managed")
 		table.foreachi(refs, function(value)
 			_p(2,'<AssemblyReference')
-			_x(3,'RelativePath="%s"', value)
+			_x(3,'RelativePath="%s"', path.translate(value))
 			_p(2,'/>')
 		end)
 	end

src/actions/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua

@@ -305,13 +305,25 @@
 --
 
 	function vc2010.assemblyReferences(prj)
-		-- Visual Studio doesn't support per-config references
+		-- Visual Studio doesn't support per-config references; use
+		-- whatever is contained in the first configuration
 		local cfg = project.getfirstconfig(prj)
+
 		local refs = config.getlinks(cfg, "system", "fullpath", "managed")
 		 if #refs > 0 then
 		 	_p(1,'<ItemGroup>')
 		 	table.foreachi(refs, function(value)
-		 		_x(2,'<Reference Include="%s" />', path.getbasename(value))
+
+				-- If the link contains a '/' then it is a relative path to
+				-- a local assembly. Otherwise treat it as a system assembly.
+				if value:find('/', 1, true) then
+					_x(2,'<Reference Include="%s">', path.getbasename(value))
+					_x(3,'<HintPath>%s</HintPath>', path.translate(value))
+					_p(2,'</Reference>')
+				else
+					_x(2,'<Reference Include="%s" />', path.getbasename(value))
+				end
+
 		 	end)
 		 	_p(1,'</ItemGroup>')
 		 end

tests/actions/vstudio/vc200x/test_assembly_refs.lua

@@ -67,3 +67,18 @@
 		/>
 		]]
 	end
+
+
+--
+-- Local (non-system) assemblies can be referenced with a relative path.
+--
+
+	function suite.canReferenceLocalAssembly()
+		links { "../nunit.framework.dll" }
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+		<AssemblyReference
+			RelativePath="..\nunit.framework.dll"
+		/>
+		]]
+	end

tests/actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_assembly_refs.lua

@@ -65,3 +65,20 @@
 	</ItemGroup>
 		]]
 	end
+
+
+--
+-- Local (non-system) assemblies can be referenced with a relative path.
+--
+
+	function suite.canReferenceLocalAssembly()
+		links { "../nunit.framework.dll" }
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<Reference Include="nunit.framework">
+			<HintPath>..\nunit.framework.dll</HintPath>
+		</Reference>
+	</ItemGroup>
+		]]
+	end