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Visual C++ Compiler Version

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Gabriel Dos Reis
Official documentation on Predefined Macros in Visual C++ This blog was written by Gabriel Dos Reis and Mark Levine. Starting with VS “15” Preview 5, the Visual C++ Team is monotonically updating the value of the built-in preprocessor macro _MSC_VER at every Visual C++ toolset update. Why? Thanks to the investments and progress that the...
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CMake support in Visual Studio

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Marian Luparu
⏱ Updated on October 5, 2017 with the latest functionality included with Visual Studio 2017 15.4 Visual Studio 2017 introduces built-in support for handling CMake projects. This makes it a lot simpler to develop C++ projects built with CMake without the need to generate VS projects and solutions from the command line. This post gives ...

C++ IntelliSense Improvements – Predictive IntelliSense & Filtering

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Augustin Popa
IntelliSense is one of the most commonly used features in Visual Studio. With it, developers can write code more efficiently and learn more about their codebase at the same time. In a sense, IntelliSense is both a guide and a productivity feature. We understand the importance of having a powerful IntelliSense system which displays highly ...

C++ compiler diagnostics improvements in VS “15” Preview 5

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Andrew Pardoe
This post written by Andrew Marino and Andrew Pardoe Visual C++ in VS “15” Preview 5 now allows you to see where errors are in a line of code—the column number—as opposed to just showing the line number. As C++ has grown it’s increasingly useful to have a little more help finding your errors. Consider this somewhat contrived ...

Bring your C++ codebase to Visual Studio with “Open Folder”

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Marian Luparu
⏱ Updated on March 06, 2017 with the latest functionality in Visual Studio 2017 RTW Welcome to Visual Studio 2017! Starting with this release, Visual Studio supports opening folders containing source code without the need to create any solutions or projects. This makes it a lot simpler to get started with Visual Studio, even if your ...

Visual Studio “15” Preview Compilers Feedback

October 3, 2016 Oct 3, 2016 10/3/16
Eric Battalio
There is a new Connect Form for reporting issues with Visual Studio “15” Preview compilers. If you are not using the Visual Studio IDE, you can report issues using this form. If you are using the IDE, we prefer you use the Report-a-Problem feedback system. Thank you...
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