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I ran into the rare situation that I have to use static libraries in a project which were compiled with Visual Studio 2005. As I do not want to get into trouble at runtime as mentioned in this post or here, I think it's reasonable to use the original toolset.
As far as I have seen, using toolsets down to VS2008 is straightforward. For VS2005 this seems to be more challenging, only Daffodil might be an option.
Is there any chance to get the toolset v80 (VS2005) into the dropdown menu of VS2019 ?
After playing around, I don't know exactly understand how daffodil works or how a feasible approach looks like.

Maybe one could create wrapper-DLLs with a plain C-API and the help of VS2005. Using one IDE with various toolsets feels advantageously to me.

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Daffodil works only in earlier versions of Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015.

For using daffodils, check out the related thread: How to move old VC6 project to VS2010 using Daffodil.

To build your project in VS 2010:

Make sure the VC 6 build tools are installed and working. Make sure VS 2010 and Daffodil are installed and working. Open your VS 6 workspace in VS 2010. A. In Explorer, right-click on your VS 6 workspace (*.dsw) file. B. Choose Open With -> Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. C. Perform the migration when prompted. Change the Platform Toolset to v60. A. Right click on the project(s) and select Properties. B. On the General page, set Platform Toolset to v60. Build.

Minxin Yu - MSFT
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  • Hi, @Ambitions964 Did the answer help you? – Minxin Yu - MSFT Apr 21 '22 at 03:10
  • Hello @Minxin Yu - MSFT . The answer does not really help me, as I do not get how to "install" daffodil correctly. Do I have to copy the .props files of Daffodil to the msbuild folder like mentinoned [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32839098/how-can-i-add-the-platform-toolset-of-visual-studio-2005-into-the-platform-tool) ? Anyway, I wanted to VS2019 and not VS2015. As I could live with VS2015 I'll try to grab one. – Ambitions964 Apr 21 '22 at 20:22