For cleanup of .dproj files, I want to know the bit flags that TargetPlatforms can have.
TL;DR: .dproj content management in Delphi is a mess
For future reference empiric values for the flags that build the TargetedPlatforms (not to be confused with PlatformTargets) element content in the main PropertyGroup of a .dproj file in a table.
This might help creating an XSD for a .dproj file (Source: Reminder to self: make a start for an XSD that validates Delphi dproj files).
Absent cells means I have no idea if the values are relevant or what they could be.
Input for those is more than welcome.
| Bit# |
TargetedPlatforms bit flag value |
Platform and $(Platform)value |
Meaning (dropdown value of “Select Platform” dialog) |
| 0 |
1 |
Win32 |
32-bit Windows |
| 1 |
2 |
Win64 |
64-bit Windows |
| 2 |
4 |
| 3 |
8 |
| 4 |
16 |
| 5 |
32 |
| 6 |
64 |
| 7 |
128 |
| 8 |
256 |
| 9 |
512 |
| 10 |
1024 |
iOSDevice64 |
iOS Device 64-bit |
| 11 |
2048 |
| 12 |
4096 |
($Platform) values still to cover:
AndroidLinux64OSX32iOSDevice32iOSSimulator
There is only one place for TargetedPlatforms in the .dproj file: at the XPath /Project/PropertyGroup/TargetedPlatforms.
For getting the XPath, I used Notepad++ as described in my earlier blog post Getting the path of an XML node in your code editor.
It has the combined flags, so:
3 means Win32 and Win64 are enabled1025 means Win32 and iOSDevice64 are enabled
The Platform value (and thus $(Platform) value) is the one used in for example these elements or attributes:
/Project/PropertyGroup/Platform as currently selected platform/Project/PropertyGroup/@Condition as selectivity expression, for instance
-
<PropertyGroup Condition="('$(Platform)'=='Win64' and '$(Cfg_1)'=='true') or '$(Cfg_1_Win64)'!=''">
<PropertyGroup Condition="('$(Platform)'=='Win64' and '$(Base)'=='true') or '$(Base_Win64)'!=''">
/Project/ProjectExtensions/BorlandProject/Platforms/Platform (all having for the value property with the Platform value) having a content of either True or False.
- This allows a
.dproj file to contain information for platforms that are not visible yet.
The actual values of Platform also play a role in these places:
/Project/PropertyGroup/Base_Win64 containing the base settings for the Win64 platform so they can be derived for the Debug or Release builds./Project/PropertyGroup/@Condition for instance <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Base_Win64)'!=''">/Project/ProjectExtensions/BorlandProject/Deployment/DeployFile/Platform/@Name for instance <Platform Name="iOSSimulator">
Even worse: there are unneeded nodes present for bits in TargetPlatforms and /Project/ProjectExtensions/BorlandProject/Platforms/Platform being absent or having a content False for /Project/ProjectExtensions/BorlandProject/Platforms/Platform/@value other than the enabled bits in TargetPlatforms, for instance:
- nodes matched by
/Project/ProjectExtensions/BorlandProject/Deployment/DeployFile/Platform
- nodes matched by
/Project/ProjectExtensions/BorlandProject/Deployment/ProjectRoot/@Platform
- nodes matched by
/Project/ProjectExtensions/BorlandProject/Deployment/DeployClass/Platform/@Name (and the parent DeployClass subtrees)
- nodes matched by
/Project/ProjectExtensions/BorlandProject/Platforms/Platform@value
Some examples of superfluous nodes when TargetPlarforms has a value of 1 (corresponding to Platform having a value of Win32:
<ProjectRoot Platform="Android" Name="$(PROJECTNAME)"/>
<ProjectRoot Platform="Linux64" Name="$(PROJECTNAME)"/>
<ProjectRoot Platform="OSX32" Name="$(PROJECTNAME).app"/>
<ProjectRoot Platform="Win32" Name="$(PROJECTNAME)"/>
<ProjectRoot Platform="Win64" Name="$(PROJECTNAME)"/>
<ProjectRoot Platform="iOSDevice32" Name="$(PROJECTNAME).app"/>
<ProjectRoot Platform="iOSDevice64" Name="$(PROJECTNAME).app"/>
<ProjectRoot Platform="iOSSimulator" Name="$(PROJECTNAME).app"/>
Also, non relevant platforms are included in this node:
<Platforms>
<Platform value="Win32">True</Platform>
<Platform value="Win64">False</Platform>
</Platforms>
The Deployment section is even worse; see for instance [WayBack] delphi – How manage or clean deploy section in dproj files? – Stack Overflow.
–jeroen
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