Tests/MiniProject : incorrect Import in .fsproj about fslexyacc

[kkm000]

If you are using the project as base for your own one, just point the import project to the correct location of the .targets file pulled by NuGet. They are located in the bin directory of the package. This manual fixup is necessary because of #26, which is fixed, but the fix has not been yet released.

[FZed]

Thanks @kkm000. You say " just point the import project to the correct location". How do I do that ? I am really willing to make FsLexYacc work in a simple setting (whatever it is) so that I can grow it with my already prepared .fsl and .fsy files. I understand that the port from F# PowerPack to distinct F# github projects needs some time to settle down. Please give me an hint to fix the simplest setting ever that would avoid me MSBUILD and VS proj technical pitfalls that I have no knowledge and experience of.
Regards,
FZed

[FZed]

As per FsLexYacc (http://fsprojects.github.io/FsLexYacc/) main page, there is a discrepancy between example files and project files. They link respectively to two different projects on github tests directory, namely :

• LexAndYaccMiniProject
• TestProjectUsingNugetPackage

which have not the same Import logic in their fsproj file.

It would be greatly appreciated to fix this state even before a template is created as requested by @kkm000 in issue opened today.
I have tried to understand the logic of fsproj Import with no success ; I would like to help but I am clueless (see my detailed attempt below).
Have a great week.

Details :
My last attempt was to download all FsLexYacc to local directory then open TestProjects solution with VS 2013 Community.
I get the following error message :

C:\Users\C\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\myLexTests\FsLexYacc-master\tests\JsonLexAndYaccExample\JsonLexAndYaccExample.fsproj : error : The imported project "C:\Users\C\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\myLexTests\FsLexYacc-master\bin\Debug\FsLexYacc.targets" was not found.
Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk. C:\Users\C\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\myLexTests\FsLexYacc-master\tests\JsonLexAndYaccExample\JsonLexAndYaccExample.fsproj

[FZed]

My bad : I did not build FsLexYacc solution properly and went directly to build TestProjects. Now both builds are successful but I had to modify some lines in the .fsproj in the second test project (mini) so that to make it similar to the first one (Json).
Still, @kkm000 initiative to open issue #32 makes a lot of sense.
I close this issue.
Thanks,
FZed

[kkm000]

@FZed, you do not actually need to build this whole repository to use FsLex and FsYacc. You can start with the test project, just copy it alone into a solution by itself. Then, go ahead and add a NuGet package FsLexYacc (it will also pull some dependencies). After you do that, all necessary binaries and runtimes will be downloaded. Then, open the .fsproj file in any editor (e. g., notepad) and change the path to the .targets file. Find the line which mentions Debug\FsLexYacc.targets and change it to look like

    <Import Project="..\..\packages\FsLexYacc.6.0.4\build\FsLexYacc.targets" />

Adjust the number of .. so that the path corresponds to the location of the file pulled by NuGet.

After you save the .fsproj file, VS will reload it. That's all it takes. Reopen if this does not do the trick for you.