cl_link.xml

<project default="mt">
    <description>
        Compiles, links, bundles a manifest.
        Yep - not pretty, but it works -- without Visual Studio.
    </description>

    <target name="cl">
        <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}\objs-${arch}"/>

        <exec executable="cmd.exe" dir="${basedir}/src/main/c">
            <!-- using arg value=... notation leads to "input line too long"  -->
            <arg line="/E:ON /V:ON /C &quot;&quot;&quot;${winsdk}\bin\setenv.cmd&quot;&quot;&quot; /${machine} /Release /win7 &amp;&amp; CL.exe /c /I${project.build.directory}\native\include /I${jniheaders}\win32 /I${jniheaders} /Zi /nologo /W3 /WX- /O2 /Oi /Oy- /GL /D WIN32 /D NDEBUG /D _WINDOWS /D _USRDLL /D VISUALSTUDIO_EXPORTS /D _WINDLL /D _UNICODE /D UNICODE /Gm- /EHsc /MD /GS /Gy /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Fo&quot;${project.build.directory}\objs-${arch}\&quot; /Fd&quot;${project.build.directory}\objs-${arch}\vcWindows7.0SDK.pdb&quot; /Gd /TP /analyze- MFAudioFileReader.cpp MFFileInputStream.cpp MFUtils.cpp"/>
        </exec>
    </target>

    <target name="link" depends="cl">
        <exec executable="cmd.exe" dir="${project.build.directory}\objs-${arch}">
            <!-- using arg value=... notation leads to "input line too long"  -->
            <arg line="/E:ON /V:ON /C &quot;&quot;&quot;${winsdk}\bin\setenv.cmd&quot;&quot;&quot; /${machine} /Release /win7 &amp;&amp; link.exe /OUT:..\classes\mfsampledsp-${project.version}-${arch}.dll /INCREMENTAL:NO /NOLOGO mfplat.lib mfreadwrite.lib mfuuid.lib mf.lib propsys.lib ole32.lib /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:mfsampledsp.dll.intermediate.manifest /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /OPT:REF /OPT:ICF /LTCG /MACHINE:${machine} /DLL MFAudioFileReader.obj MFFileInputStream.obj MFUtils.obj"/>
        </exec>
    </target>

    <target name="mt" depends="link">
        <exec executable="cmd.exe" dir="${project.build.directory}">
            <!-- using arg value=... notation leads to "input line too long"  -->
            <arg line="/E:ON /V:ON /C &quot;&quot;&quot;${winsdk}\bin\setenv.cmd&quot;&quot;&quot; /${machine} /Release /win7 &amp;&amp; mt.exe /nologo /verbose /outputresource:classes\mfsampledsp-${project.version}-${arch}.dll;#2 /manifest objs-${arch}\mfsampledsp.dll.intermediate.manifest"/>
        </exec>
        <!-- delete lib and exp files that aren't needed anymore -->
        <delete file="${project.build.directory}\classes\mfsampledsp-${project.version}-${arch}.lib"/>
        <delete file="${project.build.directory}\classes\mfsampledsp-${project.version}-${arch}.exp"/>
    </target>
</project>