Use msbuild tools from PATH (#208)

rnestler · tonyroberts · commit 72366c6eed20 · 2016-06-23T08:10:49.000+01:00
While _find_msbuild_tool searches in the registry to find the given build tool, it doesn't check if it's already in PATH. If one uses a developer command prompt to build, all necessary tools are in PATH. Fixes #207 for me
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib
 from distutils.command.install_data import install_data
 from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
+from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 from distutils import log
 from platform import architecture
 from subprocess import Popen, CalledProcessError, PIPE, check_call
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@
 
 def _find_msbuild_tool(tool="msbuild.exe", use_windows_sdk=False):
     """Return full path to one of the microsoft build tools"""
+    path = find_executable(tool)
+    if path:
+        return path
+
     try:
         import _winreg
     except ImportError:
