Building C++ Projects in Visual Studio

When building a Visual C++ application in Visual Studio, you can modify many of the build's settings in the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Setting Visual C++ Project Properties.

In This Section

• Understanding Custom Build Steps and Build Events
  Describes how to customize the build process in the integrated development environment.

• Macros for Build Commands and Properties
  Lists macros that you can use where strings are accepted.

• Building External Projects
  Discusses building projects that use facilities outside the integrated development environment.

• Project Files
  Presents the XML structure of a .vcxproj file.

Related Sections

• VC++ Directories Property Page
  Discusses how to modify the search path for executable files, include files, library files, and source code files during a build

• Default and Custom Builds
  Provides information on building within Visual Studio.

• Building a C/C++ Program
  Provides links to topics describing building your program from the command line or from the integrated development environment of Visual Studio.

• C/C++ Building Reference
  Provides links to an overview of building programs in C++, compiler and linker options, and additional build tools.

• Upgrade Projects from Previous Versions of Visual C++
  Provides links to topics covering issues on upgrading Visual C++ 6.0 and later projects to Visual C++ .NET.

• Porting and Upgrading Programs
  Provides details about porting applications and discusses makefiles.