Introduce a user macro named $(externalsDir), which should point to the root directory of where all the external sources should live. Developers can change this value if their external sources live elsewhere. The default of '..\..' matches the current status quo.
diff --git a/PCbuild/pyproject.vsprops b/PCbuild/pyproject.vsprops
index bc41d14..66b417f 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pyproject.vsprops
+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.vsprops
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
Value="$(SolutionDir)\python.exe"
/>
<UserMacro
+ Name="externalsDir"
+ Value="..\.."
+ />
+ <UserMacro
Name="bsddbDir"
Value="$(bsddb44Dir)"
/>
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@
/>
<UserMacro
Name="bsddb44Dir"
- Value="..\..\db-4.4.20\build_win32"
+ Value="$(externalsDir)\db-4.4.20\build_win32"
/>
<UserMacro
Name="bsddb44DepLibs"
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@
/>
<UserMacro
Name="bsddb45Dir"
- Value="..\..\db-4.5.20.x\build_windows"
+ Value="$(externalsDir)\db-4.5.20.x\build_windows"
/>
<UserMacro
Name="bsddb45DepLibs"
@@ -70,23 +74,23 @@
/>
<UserMacro
Name="sqlite3Dir"
- Value="..\..\sqlite-source-3.3.4"
+ Value="$(externalsDir)\sqlite-source-3.3.4"
/>
<UserMacro
Name="bz2Dir"
- Value="..\..\bzip2-1.0.3"
+ Value="$(externalsDir)\bzip2-1.0.3"
/>
<UserMacro
Name="opensslDir"
- Value="..\..\openssl-0.9.8g"
+ Value="$(externalsDir)\openssl-0.9.8g"
/>
<UserMacro
Name="tcltkDir"
- Value="..\..\tcltk"
+ Value="$(externalsDir)\tcltk"
/>
<UserMacro
Name="tcltk64Dir"
- Value="..\..\tcltk64"
+ Value="$(externalsDir)\tcltk64"
/>
<UserMacro
Name="tcltkLib"