Cannot start the image. about vs-dockerfiles

[noc0lour]

It seems that it should be "ENTRYPOINT C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" which you can try by setting --entrypoint C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat on the docker-run commandline

Edit: This actually doesn't work.

[helmesjo]

It's --installPath that's not working. It installs it to the default path regardless (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat).

Also the VsDevCmd.bat doesn't work:

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** Visual Studio 2019 Developer Command Prompt vError 0x57: Unknown parameter: path
** Copyright (c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation
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[manu3567]

Replace

vs-dockerfiles/native-desktop/Dockerfile

Line 33 in f632994

ENTRYPOINT C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat &&

and the line following by:
ENTRYPOINT ["C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat", "&&", "powershell.exe", "-NoLogo", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass"]

[xmass]

For me it worked to delete the last line containing the CMD ["powershell.exe"...] command. After that I'm able to build projects with the provided example command.

[vhvb1989]

the ENTRYPOINT is expected for passing build command directly from VS. See: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/using-msvc-in-a-docker-container-for-your-c-projects/#trying-it-all-out

[kjczarne]

It's --installPath that's not working. It installs it to the default path regardless (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat).

Also the VsDevCmd.bat doesn't work:

**********************************************************************
** Visual Studio 2019 Developer Command Prompt vError 0x57: Unknown parameter: path
** Copyright (c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation
**********************************************************************

The reason it seems to not work might be the lack of a backtick at the end of the line. Have you tried inserting one? It works for me here.

The code is:

RUN C:\TEMP\Install.cmd C:\TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe --quiet --wait --norestart --nocache `
    --channelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
    --installChannelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
    --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended`
    --installPath C:\BuildTools

And it should be:

RUN C:\TEMP\Install.cmd C:\TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe --quiet --wait --norestart --nocache `
    --channelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
    --installChannelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
    --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended `
    --installPath C:\BuildTools