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vcproj is an XML based file used by Visual Studio and contains compilation information.

vcproj is an XML based file used by Visual Studio and contains compilation information. It's part of every visual studio project.

What are .sln and .vcproj files, and what do they contain?

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VS2008 - Can't remove project configuration

I have a Windows Mobile/Pocket PC project in Visual Studio 2008 SP1. I have tried to remove an old build configuration "ReleaseCN3" from the solution using the Configuration Manager. I run the Configuration Manager, click on Edit, then highlight…
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Inheritance of project (.vcproj) properties in Visual Studio 2010

My IDE is Visual Studio 2010. I have a solution (.sln) containing more than 100 Projects (.vcproj). The language is C++. The solution has two configurations: "Release" and "Debug". The solution has two Platforms "Win32" and "x64". I need to create a…
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XSLT: keeping whitespaces when copying attributes

I'm trying to sort Microsoft Visual Studio's vcproj so that a diff would show something meaningful after e.g. deleting a file from a project. Besides the sorting, I want to keep everything intact, including whitespaces. The input looks…
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How can I read the OutputDirectory property from a vcproj (2008) file in a wrapper script?

I am trying to write an MSBuild wrapper script that builds a vcproj (well, a solution containing vcproj files) and then copies the output of a particular vcproj file into a special "package" directory that is in turn published out to a file share. …
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Removing -Zi flag with qmake, for Visual Studio 2012

I have a large Visual Studio 2012 Solution with about 15 Projects inside. I would really like to disable debugging symbol generation for a few of these Projects; the rest should allow debugging. All of this is related to the Debug configuration. I'm…
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How do I get msbuild.exe? Can it build a .vcproj when VS2008 is not installed?

I know msbuild will be installed, if I install Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. I know msbuild is also installed if I install the .NET Framework SDK. As of .NET 3.0, I think there is no longer a separate ".NET Framework SDK". Instead if I want the…
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Clearcase - Unite two files into one file with united History

I have two different files each with its own history, I want to unite them as one, but keep both histories. For example (My actual issue): I have x.vcproj and x.vcxproj, after converting from older visual studio to a newer one (I don't even remember…
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Why Visual Studio removes the drive letter from the AssemblyReference RelativePath when editing a project?

using visual studio we always load and build references to a unit (R:). The problem is that when someone edits any project properties the drive letter is removed from the assembly path and then the build machine can not build the application. The…
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How to iterate programmatically through all projects of Visual Studio 2008 solution considering Solution Folders

I'm trying to go through all projects of our Visual Studio 2008 solution programmatically in order to ensure correct values of certain project settings. I'm trying to do it with VBS and DTE but I don't insist on using a particular…
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Reading the .vcproj file with C#

We create the vcproj file with the makefileproj keyword so we can use our own build in VS. My question is, using C#, how do you read the "C++" from the following vcproj file:
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What are the other possible names of project files in C# other than .cproj?

.cproj is not the only name of the project file. My solution says there are 5 projects but only three .cproj files are seen. What is the file extinsion of other project files/? THe icon that represents the other two look different as well:
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What is the delimiter name of a C# project file?

What is the file name "delimiter? name of a C# project file? I am not sure if "delimiter" is the right term. A solutions file ends as ".sln". How does a project file end in Visual Studio 2010?
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Visual studio 2013 project with v120_xp toolset has MIDL 2072 error

I have recently moved to visual studio 2013 and upgrade all my c++ projects to use 8.1 of the windows SDK and the v120_xp toolset. A large majority of the projects are compiling and working fine i do however have two projects that refuse to build…
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Visual studio 2013, can't open or create projects

I tried getting Visual Studio 2013 to work today but i couldn't get it to work. This is the error I keep getting when making a c++ window application. The error message I keep getting: I tried opening the vcxproj file in the message box, but I…
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Need to use environment variable in file path within vcproj file

We're using visual studio 2005. I know, but it's what we have. So, we have a project folder, plus some "other" code in another folder. The other code is from other groups and is read-only. Since we're using clearcase, this other code area is…
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