diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index b50c13345..851c52654 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -65,13 +65,7 @@ public:
       {
       this->Code += "\\\n\t";
       }
-    this->Code +=
-      this->LG->ConstructScript(cc.GetCommandLines(),
-                                cc.GetWorkingDirectory(),
-                                this->Config,
-                                cc.GetEscapeOldStyle(),
-                                cc.GetEscapeAllowMakeVars(),
-                                "\\\n\t");
+    this->Code += this->LG->ConstructScript(cc, this->Config, "\\\n\t");
     }
 private:
   cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator* LG;
@@ -659,12 +653,7 @@ cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator
     {
     std::string config = this->GetConfigName(*i);
     std::string script =
-      this->ConstructScript(command.GetCommandLines(), 
-                            command.GetWorkingDirectory(),
-                            config.c_str(),
-                            command.GetEscapeOldStyle(),
-                            command.GetEscapeAllowMakeVars(),
-                            "\\\n\t");
+      this->ConstructScript(command, config.c_str(), "\\\n\t");
       
     if (i == this->Configurations.begin())
       {
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 9a87cc4c8..b22c429d5 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -546,12 +546,7 @@ public:
       {
       this->Stream << this->LG->EscapeForXML("\n");
       }
-    std::string script =
-      this->LG->ConstructScript(cc.GetCommandLines(),
-                                cc.GetWorkingDirectory(),
-                                this->Config,
-                                cc.GetEscapeOldStyle(),
-                                cc.GetEscapeAllowMakeVars());
+    std::string script = this->LG->ConstructScript(cc, this->Config);
     this->Stream << this->LG->EscapeForXML(script.c_str());
     }
 private:
@@ -1591,12 +1586,7 @@ WriteCustomRule(std::ostream& fout,
            << this->EscapeForXML(fc.CompileFlags.c_str()) << "\"/>\n";
       }
 
-    std::string script = 
-      this->ConstructScript(command.GetCommandLines(),
-                            command.GetWorkingDirectory(),
-                            i->c_str(),
-                            command.GetEscapeOldStyle(),
-                            command.GetEscapeAllowMakeVars());
+    std::string script = this->ConstructScript(command, i->c_str());
     fout << "\t\t\t\t\t<Tool\n"
          << "\t\t\t\t\tName=\"" << customTool << "\"\n"
          << "\t\t\t\t\tDescription=\"" 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
index ed0b07fe1..79dd1dfc5 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
@@ -151,13 +151,15 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::ComputeObjectNameRequirements
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string
 cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator
-::ConstructScript(const cmCustomCommandLines& commandLines,
-                  const char* workingDirectory,
+::ConstructScript(cmCustomCommand const& cc,
                   const char* configName,
-                  bool escapeOldStyle,
-                  bool escapeAllowMakeVars,
                   const char* newline_text)
 {
+  const cmCustomCommandLines& commandLines = cc.GetCommandLines();
+  const char* workingDirectory = cc.GetWorkingDirectory();
+  bool escapeOldStyle = cc.GetEscapeOldStyle();
+  bool escapeAllowMakeVars = cc.GetEscapeAllowMakeVars();
+
   // Avoid leading or trailing newlines.
   const char* newline = "";
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h
index 6034b22c7..551b01cf9 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 class cmSourceFile;
 class cmSourceGroup;
+class cmCustomCommand;
 
 /** \class cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator
  * \brief Base class for Visual Studio generators.
@@ -31,11 +32,8 @@ public:
   cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator();
   virtual ~cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator();
   /** Construct a script from the given list of command lines.  */
-  std::string ConstructScript(const cmCustomCommandLines& commandLines,
-                              const char* workingDirectory,
+  std::string ConstructScript(cmCustomCommand const& cc,
                               const char* configName,
-                              bool escapeOldStyle,
-                              bool escapeAllowMakeVars,
                               const char* newline = "\n");
 
 protected:
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 1d885e0f4..eb8320c48 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -367,13 +367,7 @@ cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteCustomRule(cmSourceFile* source,
       i != configs->end(); ++i)
     {
     std::string script =
-      cmVS10EscapeXML(
-        lg->ConstructScript(command.GetCommandLines(),
-                            command.GetWorkingDirectory(),
-                            i->c_str(),
-                            command.GetEscapeOldStyle(),
-                            command.GetEscapeAllowMakeVars())
-        );
+      cmVS10EscapeXML(lg->ConstructScript(command, i->c_str()));
     this->WritePlatformConfigTag("Message",i->c_str(), 3);
     (*this->BuildFileStream ) << cmVS10EscapeXML(comment) << "</Message>\n";
     this->WritePlatformConfigTag("Command", i->c_str(), 3);
@@ -1460,13 +1454,7 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteEvent(
     script += pre;
     pre = "\n";
     script +=
-      cmVS10EscapeXML(
-        lg->ConstructScript(command.GetCommandLines(),
-                            command.GetWorkingDirectory(),
-                            configName.c_str(),
-                            command.GetEscapeOldStyle(),
-                            command.GetEscapeAllowMakeVars())
-        );
+      cmVS10EscapeXML(lg->ConstructScript(command, configName.c_str()));
     }
   comment = cmVS10EscapeComment(comment);
   this->WriteString("<Message>",3);