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.
- Invalid Web Reference
Lists the files that can be use as Web references in a Visual C++ project.
- Format of a .vcproj File
Presents the XML structure of a .vcproj file.
Related Sections
- VC++ Directories, Projects, Options Dialog Box
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++ 4.x, 5.0, and 6.0 projects to Visual C++ .NET.
- Porting and Upgrading Programs
Provides details about porting applications and discusses makefiles.