Building a C/C++ Program

Visual Studio 2010

Other Versions

You can build projects in Visual C++ in one of two ways:

In This Section

Building C++ Projects in Visual Studio: Discusses using the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) and property pages to build your project.
Building on the Command Line: Discusses command-line tools for programmers who prefer to build their applications from the command prompt.
Building C/C++ Isolated Applications and Side-by-side Assemblies: Describes the new deployment model for Windows client applications based on the idea of isolated applications and side-by-side assemblies.
C/C++ Building Reference: Provides links to an overview of building programs in C++, compiler and linker options, and additional build tools.

Visual C++: Provides links to different areas of the Visual Studio and Visual C++ documentation set.
Visual C++ Reference: Provides links to topics describing the C and C++ language references, the libraries provided with Visual C++, the Visual C++ Extensibility Object Model, and the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM).
Visual C++ Samples: Provides links to sample code showing the capabilities of Visual C++ and the libraries and technologies it supports.