Automatically use ATL from Windows Driver Kit for SDK-only or Visual Studio Express setup.

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   # Variables expected to be overriden on the GYP command line (-D) or by
   # ~/.gyp/include.gypi.
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       ['OS=="win" and "<!(python <(DEPTH)/build/dir_exists.py <(windows_sdk_default_path))"=="True"', {
         'windows_sdk_path%': '<(windows_sdk_default_path)',
       }, {
         'windows_sdk_path%': 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/8.0',
       }],
       ['OS=="win" and "<!(python <(DEPTH)/build/dir_exists.py <(directx_sdk_default_path))"=="True"', {
         'directx_sdk_path%': '<(directx_sdk_default_path)',
       }, {
         'directx_sdk_path%': '$(DXSDK_DIR)',
       }],
+      ['OS=="win"', {
+        'windows_driver_kit_path%': '$(WDK_DIR)',
+      }],
       # If use_official_google_api_keys is already set (to 0 or 1), we
       # do none of the implicit checking.  If it is set to 1 and the
       # internal keys file is missing, the build will fail at compile
       # time.  If it is set to 0 and keys are not provided by other
       # means, a warning will be printed at compile time.
       ['use_official_google_api_keys==2', {
         'use_official_google_api_keys%':
             '<!(python <(DEPTH)/google_apis/build/check_internal.py <(DEPTH)/google_apis/internal/google_chrome_api_keys.h)',
       }],
       ['os_posix==1 and OS!="mac" and OS!="ios"', {
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               ['<(windows_sdk_path)/Lib/win8/um/x86'],
             'AdditionalLibraryDirectories':
               ['<(windows_sdk_path)/Lib/win8/um/x64'],
           },
           'VCLibrarianTool': {
             'AdditionalLibraryDirectories!':
               ['<(windows_sdk_path)/Lib/win8/um/x86'],
             'AdditionalLibraryDirectories':
               ['<(windows_sdk_path)/Lib/win8/um/x64'],
           },
+          'conditions': [
+            ['msvs_express', {
+              'VCLinkerTool': {
+                'AdditionalLibraryDirectories!':
+                  ['<(windows_driver_kit_path)/lib/ATL/i386'],
+                'AdditionalLibraryDirectories':
+                  ['<(windows_driver_kit_path)/lib/ATL/amd64'],
+              },
+              'VCLibrarianTool': {
+                'AdditionalLibraryDirectories!':
+                  ['<(windows_driver_kit_path)/lib/ATL/i386'],
+                'AdditionalLibraryDirectories':
+                  ['<(windows_driver_kit_path)/lib/ATL/amd64'],
+              },
+            }],
+          ],
         },
         'defines': [
           # Not sure if tcmalloc works on 64-bit Windows.
           'NO_TCMALLOC',
         ],
       },
       'Debug_Base': {
         'abstract': 1,
         'defines': [
           'DYNAMIC_ANNOTATIONS_ENABLED=1',
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           ['MSVS_VERSION=="2008"', {
             'defines': [
               '_HAS_TR1=0',
             ],
           }],
           ['secure_atl', {
             'defines': [
               '_SECURE_ATL',
             ],
           }],
+          ['msvs_express', {
+            'msvs_system_include_dirs': [
+              '<(windows_driver_kit_path)/inc/atl71',
+              '<(windows_driver_kit_path)/inc/mfc42',

[scottmg, 2012/10/17 18:26:20]

we need the mfc headers but no libs?

[alexeypa (please no reviews), 2012/10/17 22:17:03]

Yes. The build fails without it. I haven't looked deeper yet.

+            ],
+          }],
         ],
         'msvs_system_include_dirs': [
           '<(windows_sdk_path)/Include/shared',
           '<(windows_sdk_path)/Include/um',
           '<(windows_sdk_path)/Include/winrt',
           '<(directx_sdk_path)/Include',
           '$(VSInstallDir)/VC/atlmfc/include',
         ],
         'msvs_cygwin_dirs': ['<(DEPTH)/third_party/cygwin'],
         'msvs_disabled_warnings': [4351, 4396, 4503, 4819,
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                 'ExceptionHandling': '0',
               }],
             ],
           },
           'VCLibrarianTool': {
             'AdditionalOptions': ['/ignore:4221'],
             'AdditionalLibraryDirectories': [
               '<(directx_sdk_path)/Lib/x86',
               '<(windows_sdk_path)/Lib/win8/um/x86',
             ],
+            'conditions': [
+              ['msvs_express', {
+                'AdditionalLibraryDirectories': [
+                  '<(windows_driver_kit_path)/lib/ATL/i386',
+                ],
+              }],
+            ],
           },
           'VCLinkerTool': {
             'AdditionalDependencies': [
               'wininet.lib',
               'dnsapi.lib',
               'version.lib',
               'msimg32.lib',
               'ws2_32.lib',
               'usp10.lib',
               'psapi.lib',
               'dbghelp.lib',
               'winmm.lib',
               'shlwapi.lib',
             ],
 
             'conditions': [
               ['msvs_express', {
                 # Explicitly required when using the ATL with express
                 'AdditionalDependencies': [
                   'atlthunk.lib',
                 ],
+                'AdditionalLibraryDirectories': [
+                  '<(windows_driver_kit_path)/lib/ATL/i386',
+                ],
 
                 # ATL 8.0 included in WDK 7.1 makes the linker to generate
                 # almost eight hundred LNK4254 and LNK4078 warnings:
                 #   - warning LNK4254: section 'ATL' (50000040) merged into
                 #     '.rdata' (40000040) with different attributes
                 #   - warning LNK4078: multiple 'ATL' sections found with
                 #     different attributes
                 'AdditionalOptions': ['/ignore:4254', '/ignore:4078'],
               }],
               ['MSVS_VERSION=="2005e"', {
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }