Compiling the USETUP module standalone

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Compiling the USETUP module standalone

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Is it possible to compile the USETUP module without having to build the whole ReactOS source code? For example, I want to make code changes in the text-mode setup and it'd be a pain building ReactOS for every code edit I do.
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Re: Compiling the USETUP module standalone

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ninja usetup
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Re: Compiling the USETUP module standalone

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Oh, I thought ninja would not let you building it. That's good.

The thing is, the actual code change I want to do is visual related and I must look at the said visual changes. The ninja will just build usetup as in a executable form and I don't know what should I do with it. Maybe if I copy usetup.exe to the ReactOS ISO image would do something?
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Re: Compiling the USETUP module standalone

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You can replace reactos\system32\smss.exe with your modified usetup, yes.
However after you run "ninja bootcd" once, you can iterate on usetup and follow-up "ninja bootcd" runs should be fast.
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Re: Compiling the USETUP module standalone

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Yeah, that works neatly. Thank you Thomas, you're helpful as usual!
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