increase timeout for CSharpCodeProvider

[Red Squirrel]

When using CSharpCodeProvider to compile code, is there a way I can increase the timeout? I have a test environment that is very slow and it takes more then 10 to compile then it just crashes. I need to just set it to unlimited.

[Red Squirrel]

Anyone know how to do this? This has become a large issue. 10 minutes is just not enough. I need to increase that. I keep having to restart the compile until it decides to take slightly under 10 minutes so it actually takes me 40-120 minutes to compile instead of maybe 12.

[Arjay]

Any reason not to use MSBuild?

[Red Squirrel]

Any reason not to use MSBuild?

It's a special compiler built into the application. I just use csc.exe to compile the actual app, but the app then compiles the "scripts" into a DLL then loads it. Can MSBuild do that? Was not me that coded this app but perhaps I can make it better/more efficient by changing the compile sequence?

[Arjay]

It's a special compiler built into the application. I just use csc.exe to compile the actual app, but the app then compiles the "scripts" into a DLL then loads it. Can MSBuild do that? Was not me that coded this app but perhaps I can make it better/more efficient by changing the compile sequence?

If you 'auto' produce source code, MSBuild should be able to compile it.

[Red Squirrel]

Actually I just thought of something. These C# scripts refer to objects that are only in the scope of the exe. So I don't think I can compile those scripts by calling up a program as all the object types wont be in scope. Ex:

The core defines Mobile. The scripts define BaseCreature : Mobile. If I try to compile just the scripts it wont know what Mobile is. From looks of it msbuild is an exe that I would call up the same way I would call up csc.exe, so don't think this would work, unless there's some way to make it know what Mobile and such is.

In fact if there's a way I can use csc it would be great as not only would I be able to provide some kind of time out, but the compiles would take seconds instead of minutes.

[Arjay]

It's never clear to me why sometimes folks tend to code themselves into a corner. Good luck with getting this resolved.

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah well not me that made that app, I'm just using it and trying to make it better. IMO I would of not made the whole "script" thing and just compiled the entire thing into a single EXE. Much easier to manage, and faster to compile too. The csc app is WAY faster then the built in compiler in the app (which I think actually does use csc somehow)