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Set Environment Variables for Debug, Launch, and Tools with CMake and Open Folder

November 18, 2019 Nov 18, 2019 11/18/19
Will Buik
There are many reasons why you may want to customize environment variables. Many build systems use environment variables to drive behavior; debug targets sometimes need to have PATH customized to ensure their dependencies are found; etc. Visual Studio has a mechanism to customize environment variables for debugging and building CMake projects ...

Clang/LLVM Support in Visual Studio

April 24, 2019 Apr 24, 2019 04/24/19
Will Buik
Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2 comes with support for Clang/LLVM out-of-the-box. Visual Studio has had great tooling for MSVC and GCC for quite a while now. The latest preview brings Clang into the fold. Visual Studio 2019 includes out of the box support for editing, building, and debugging CMake projects with Clang/LLVM. If you ...

Introducing the New CMake Project Settings UI

January 24, 2019 Jan 24, 2019 01/24/19
Erika Sweet
Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2 introduces a new CMake Project Settings Editor to help you more easily configure your CMake projects in Visual Studio. The editor provides an alternative to modifying the CMakeSettings.json file directly and allows you to create and manage your CMake configurations. If you’re just getting started with CMake in...

IntelliSense Enhancements for C++ Open Folder and CMake

January 10, 2018 Jan 10, 2018 01/10/18
Will Buik
Today’s preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 Preview 2 includes two IntelliSense improvements to streamline code editing for C++ Open Folder and CMake. We added a new type of IntelliSense squiggle to C++ Open Folder and CMake to streamline cross-platform development.  We also now support a new heuristic and wildcard syntax to the ...

Customizing your Environment with Visual C++ and Open Folder

November 2, 2017 Nov 2, 2017 11/2/17
Will Buik
点这里看中文版 Ever since we shipped support for opening a folder of C++ code, the community has been asking for more control over their build and editing environments.  To achieve this, we have added new ways to customize your environment with CppProperties.json in the latest version of Visual Studio 2017. This new customization...

ARM GCC Cross Compilation in Visual Studio

October 23, 2017 Oct 23, 2017 10/23/17
Marc Goodner
点这里看中文版 ⏱ Updated on January 10, 2018 to cover addition of debugging support in Visual Studio 2017 15.6 In Visual Studio 2017 15.5 we are introduced support for cross compilation targeting ARM microcontrollers. The 15.6 Preview 2 release adds debugging support. To enable this in the installation choose the Linux development ...

Remote tasks in Visual Studio

October 23, 2017 Oct 23, 2017 10/23/17
Marc Goodner
We have introduced a new capability to run remote tasks in Visual Studio 2017 15.5 Preview 2.  This capability allows you to run any command on a remote system that is defined in Visual Studio’s Connection Manager. Remote tasks also provide the capability to copy files to the remote system. This feature is added when you install the Linux ...

CMake support in Visual Studio – CMake 3.9, Linux targeting, feedback

September 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017 09/14/17
Will Buik
点这里看中文版 Visual Studio 2017 15.4 Preview 2 is now available and includes enhancements to Visual Studio’s CMake tools.  The latest preview upgrades CMake to version 3.9, includes better support for independent CMakeLists, and supports targeting Linux directly. Please check out the preview and try out the latest CMake features...

Using MinGW and Cygwin with Visual C++ and Open Folder

July 19, 2017 Jul 19, 2017 07/19/17
Will Buik
Building cross-platform C and C++ code is easier than ever with Visual Studio 15.3 Preview 4.  The latest preview improves support for alternative compilers and build environments such as MinGW and Cygwin.  MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows), in case you are not familiar with it, is a compiler in the GCC family designed to run natively on ...