Do a windows DLL build as part of the Azure DevOps setup (#2743)

* first attempt at adding a windows DLL build

* - see if merging #2742 helps

* - 2nd attempt

.azure-pipelines/vs_build_dll.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+steps:
+- powershell: Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]$env:CONDA\Scripts"
+  displayName: Setup build environment
+- script: |
+    conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
+    conda info -a
+    conda create --name rdkit_build $(compiler) cmake ^
+        boost-cpp=$(boost_version) boost=$(boost_version) ^
+        py-boost=$(boost_version) libboost=$(boost_version) ^
+        numpy matplotlib cairo pillow eigen pandas
+  displayName: Install dependencies
+- script: |
+    set Boost_ROOT=
+    mkdir build && cd build
+    call activate rdkit_build
+    cmake .. ^
+    -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" ^
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
+    -DRDK_INSTALL_INTREE=ON ^
+    -DRDK_INSTALL_STATIC_LIBS=OFF ^
+    -DRDK_INSTALL_DLLS_MSVC=ON ^
+    -DRDK_BUILD_CPP_TESTS=ON ^
+    -DRDK_USE_BOOST_REGEX=ON ^
+    -DRDK_BUILD_COORDGEN_SUPPORT=ON ^
+    -DRDK_OPTIMIZE_NATIVE=ON ^
+    -DRDK_BUILD_TEST_GZIP=ON ^
+    -DRDK_BUILD_FREESASA_SUPPORT=OFF ^
+    -DRDK_BUILD_AVALON_SUPPORT=ON ^
+    -DRDK_BUILD_INCHI_SUPPORT=ON ^
+    -DRDK_BUILD_THREADSAFE_SSS=ON ^
+    -DRDK_BUILD_SWIG_WRAPPERS=OFF ^
+    -DRDK_SWIG_STATIC=OFF ^
+    -DRDK_TEST_MULTITHREADED=ON ^
+    -DRDK_BOOST_PYTHON3_NAME=$(python_name) ^
+    -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=%CONDA_PREFIX%/Library/include ^
+    -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH="%CONDA_PREFIX%/Library/lib
+  displayName: Configure build (Run CMake)
+- script: |
+    call activate rdkit_build
+    cd build
+    cmake --build . --config Release --target install -j $(number_of_cores)
+  displayName: Build
+- script: |
+    call activate rdkit_build
+    set RDBASE=%cd%
+    set PYTHONPATH=%RDBASE%;%PYTHONPATH%
+    set PATH=%RDBASE%\lib;%PATH%
+    cd build
+    ctest -j $(number_of_cores) --output-on-failure -T Test
+  displayName: Run tests
+- task: PublishTestResults@2
+  inputs:
+    testResultsFormat: 'CTest'
+    testResultsFiles: 'build/Testing/*/Test.xml'
+    testRunTitle: $(system.phasedisplayname)  CTest Test Run

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ jobs:
     python_name: python37
   steps:
   - template: .azure-pipelines/vs_build.yml
+- job: Windows_VS2017_x64_dll
+  timeoutInMinutes: 90
+  pool:
+    vmImage: vs2017-win2016
+  variables:
+    compiler: vs2017_win-64
+    boost_version: 1.67.0
+    number_of_cores: '%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%'
+    python_name: python37
+  steps:
+  - template: .azure-pipelines/vs_build_dll.yml
 - job: Ubuntu_16_04_x64_java
   timeoutInMinutes: 90
   pool: