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Building on the Command Line
Visual Studio 2012
Visual C++ provides command-line tools for programmers who prefer to build their applications from the command prompt. If you want to use the command line to build a project created in Visual C++, you can use one of the following:
When you build from the command line, you can obtain help on warnings, errors, and messages by starting the development environment and clicking Search on the Help menu.
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