How to use a response file and a custom build rule?

If we use a custom build rule, we have something like on the .rule we create:
<Rules>
      <CustomBuildRule
         Name="MyCompiler"
         DisplayName="My Super compiler"
         CommandLine="mycompiler.exe /nologo /c [AllOptions] [AdditionalOptions] /Fo"$(IntDir)\$(InputName).obj" /Ta [inputs]"
         Outputs="$(IntDir)\$(InputName).obj"
         FileExtensions="*.cpp"
         ExecutionDescription="Super Compiling..."
         ShowOnlyRuleProperties="true"
...

By this way, you are limited by the number of characters passed on the command line. If you have a lot of inputs file, for example, you will get an error with the cmd.exe because you reach the limit of 8192 characters.
The solution is probably to create a response file just before but how to do that with custom rules Is there a special variable to add into this XML file to force the rule to create a response file !

Help!!!

Christophe D.

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How to use a response file and a custom build rule?

Galen Parker
Hi Christophe,

This question is not about MSBuild - it is about VCBuild, which is the engine VS2005 uses for building C++ projects. You should post it to http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=96&SiteID=1

Thanks,

Vladimir
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