Questions tagged [vcxproj]

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Sync files/directory automatically to Visual Studio project

I'm trying to automatically add an entire folder structure to a VS C++ makefile project. This isn't to make the project build (it'll always build from the scons file), I mostly want to use VS to edit the code/find in projects/intellisense etc. I've…
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C++ "error C1010: unexpected end of file while looking for precompiled header" when adding new .h and corresponding .cpp just for new files

Background... Code project in C++ Project uses a precomp.h precompiled header Project contains Foo.h and Foo.cpp Foo.h does not reference precomp.h Foo.cpp starts with #include "precomp.h" and #include "Foo.h" No build issues Problem... I am…
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Launch emulator from windows command line receive error G67247B7E

Newbee here. Trying to run the android emulator for the generic first_app flutter application. Run flutter run -d windows Receive: C:\Development\Flutter\first_app>flutter run -d windows Launching lib\main.dart on Windows in debug…
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Visual Studio ignores UseDebugLibraries from .props

I have the following .props file, generated with CMake (but this does not seem to be a CMake problem):
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Simple and easy way to move visual studio vcxproj files from one folder to another

So I have a bunch of vcxproj files under the following folder E:. ├───vddproject │ └───scrproj │ └───pjrdir │ └───winsix │ └───Arithmetic.vcxproj There are bunch of vcxproj under winsix, I have taken one example…
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.vcxproj File's Import Declaration Causing Error In Visual Studio 2019

This line which appears twice in .vcxproj files: Seems to be causing this QT error when loading the solution in VS2019: ProjectName.vcxproj: background build ERROR: The imported project…
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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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What does the BuildMacro element do in Visual studio properties and projects?

I have seen this several times: trunk $(SomePropertyName)
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Project vcpkg settings missing from Visual Studio Project Properties

One of my vcxproj's (with a vcpkg.json) looks like this And another one (with a vcpkg.json) looks like this. Note the missing option. But I need to be able to enable the vcpkg Manifest so it can compile! I'm stuck, where did this option go? Both…
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Visual Studio clears command line arguments when begins to run

In my solution, I have a Visual C++ project which uses Platform Toolset = Visual Studio 2013 (v120) which I am opening in Visual Studio 2019. If I edit the Project Properties > Configuration Properties > Debugging > Command arguments to something ,…
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How to set the Output and Intermediate Directory in Visual Studio C++ projects generated by CMake, using Visual Studio Macros?

Here is the final desired result in Visual Studio 2019 for any C/C++ project: The key part that I am looking for are the top 2 lines in this MSVC project properties dialog: "Output Directory":…
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Missing CompileAs option on vcxproj generated by cmake 3.18.1

When I generate the .vcxproj for my project with cmake 3.2.1, it generates the line CompileAsCpp But when I try the cmake version 3.18.1, the generated .vcxproj file does not contain that previous line causing my tests to fail…
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Qmake appends '1' to output file name when building a dll project for VS2017

I've come across an issue when building a VS2017 solution from a qmake .pro file, using the 'Qt Vs Tools' plugin. When I try to indicate that my output file is to be a .dll, I'm met with confusing behaviours. I have set TEMPLATE = lib and do not…
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How can I get VS to consider my project dirty when (only) an .exe Content item is dirty?

My C++ project includes a set of (non-code) files that need to be copied to the output directory verbatim. I added them to my .vcxproj as Content nodes with CopyToOutputDirectory set to PreserveNewest. For example:
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Windows container fails to build VS 2013 C++ project with error MSB6006: “midl.exe” exited with code -2147024774

I should be able to build a C++ project on a windows docker container using MSBuild.exe Command: C:\'Program Files (x86)'\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe .\TestNative.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 /m /t:Build /p:ResGenExecuteAsTool=true…
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