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Written by Oleksandr Gavenko (AKA gavenkoa), compiled at 2015-10-05 from rev 764bb173578d.

Microsoft visual studio.

Downloads.

MSVC.

Starting from 2008 MSDN no longer distributed in .iso files. To install help use “Help Library Manager”.

http://vshelpdownloader.codeplex.com/
Tool for downloading base Visual Studio 2010 MSDN package for offline first installation.

Register SDK to Visual Studio.

To check all available version:

cmd> cd %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vX.X\Setup\
cmd> WindowsSdkVer.exe -version

To check current used version:

cmd> cd %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vX.X\Setup\
cmd> WindowsSdkVer.exe -current

Register SDK:

cmd> cd %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vX.X\Setup\
cmd> WindowsSdkVer.exe -version:v6.1

MSVC versions.

NAME VER _MSC_VER cl ========================== ==== ======== ===== Visual Studio 6.0 (1998) 6.0 1200 Visual Studio .NET (2002) 7.0 1300 Visual Studio .NET 2003 7.1 1310 Visual Studio 2005 8.0 1400 14.00 Visual Studio 2008 9.0 1500 15.00 Visual Studio 2010 10.0 1600 16.00

To check version from command line:

 cmd# cl /help 2>&1 | head -n 1
 Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 16.00.30319.01 for 80x8
 cmd# cl /help 2>&1 | head -n 1 | sed "s=.*Version \([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\..*=\1.\2="
 16.00

* http://predef.sourceforge.net/precomp.html#sec35

MFC versions.

MFC version Visual C++ version =============== =================== 1.0 Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 2.0 Visual C++ 1.0 2.5 Visual C++ 1.5 3.0 Visual C++ 2.0 3.1 Visual C++ 2.1 3.2 Visual C++ 2.2 4.0 Visual C++ 4.0 4.1 Visual C++ 4.1 4.2 Visual C++ 4.2 4.21 (mfc42.dll) Visual C++ 5.0 6.0 (mfc42.dll) Visual C++ 6.0 7.0 (mfc70.dll) Visual C++ .NET 2002 7.1 (mfc71.dll) Visual C++ .NET 2003 8.0 (mfc80.dll) Visual C++ 2005

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3z02ch3k.aspx
ATL and MFC Version Numbers

ALT version.

ATL version Visual C++ version ============= =================================================== 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 None. Released to Web in Visual C++ 4.x time frame. 3.0 Visual C++ 6.0 7.0 Visual C++ .NET 2002 7.1 Visual C++ .NET 2003 8.0 Visual C++ 2005

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3z02ch3k.aspx
ATL and MFC Version Numbers

MS SDK version.

VER

Included in Visual Studio 2005 v5.0 Included in Visual Studio 2008 v6.0A SDK Update for Windows Vista SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 v6.1 Included in Visual Studio 2010 Express v7.0A SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP 1 v7.0 SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 v7.1

MSVC and SDK compatibility.

v6.1: MSVC 2005, 2008 + express v7.0: MSVC 2008 + express v7.1: MSVC 2005, 2008, 2010 + express

Build MSVC project from command line.

cmd> cd %proj%
cmd> %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\msbuild.exe  file.sln

‘msbuild.exe’ can not upgrade Visual Studio project files, so you better use ‘vcbuild.exe’ (which present in MSVC version 8.0/9.0):

cmd> cd %proj%
cmd> %MSVC_ROOT%\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild.exe  file.sln
cmd> %MSVC_ROOT%\VC\bin\amd64\vcbuild.exe  file.vcproj

cmd> cd %proj%
cmd> %MSVC_ROOT%\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe  /Clean file.sln
cmd> %MSVC_ROOT%\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe  /Build file.sln
cmd> %MSVC_ROOT%\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe  /Deploy file.sln

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164311.aspx
              MSBuild Command Line Reference
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kdxzbw9t.aspx
              VCBUILD Command Line
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xee0c8y7.aspx
              Devenv Command Line Switches

Check linking problem.

Use ‘/verbose:lib’ to see list of libraries for linking and thier order.