As mentioned in the Visual Studio 2015 IDE blog post, the setup experience of the product now provides more control to the user, for what does and doesnât get installed. That blog post also talks about the rationale for this change and future direction for Visual Studio install experience. C++ is one of the features which is available as an optional install (not on by default). This ensures that non-C++ developers donât have to pay the setup time and disk-space price for installing C++ bits that they donât need. At the same time, C++ developers can still get the pieces they need. A Note from Steve Carroll, VC++ Dev ManagerWeâve gotten a lot of feedback on this change and I wanted to address some common questions and concerns. The most common question is why is only C++ being made optional. The C++ team made several engineering improvements over the course of the VS2015 release to improve our setup and so we were able to get our packages, compilers, and libs factored out in less time than other parts of Visual Studio. C++ is also very large because of the size of the libraries that we ship across many architectures and their matching PDBs. C++ also requires the installation of a Windows SDK. Many non-C++ developers donât need any of this very large payload and so the overall VS install experience is significantly improved by this change. The plan of record as mentioned in the IDE blogpost is to move most of Visual Studio to optional as we move forward. This is the first piece of that ongoing work. I want to reassure C++ developers that there is no de-emphasis of C++ development intended by this change whatsoever. Our telemetry and research tells us that C++ development usage in VS and the industry is accelerating, not shrinking. We continue to invest heavily in C++. Did I mention we are hiring? Thanks! Whatâs DifferentIn Visual Studio 2015, C++ tooling is no longer installed by default. Instead, the C++ compiler, libraries, and project templates have been moved into an optional feature. Upon launching setup, you can choose a âTypicalâ or âCustomâ install: If you choose âTypicalâ, then you canât use Visual Studio to develop in C++, because only managed languages and web development tools will be installed. To install the various components needed for desktop and mobile development in C++, you must choose âCustomâ and manually select those items: Note that the âVisual C++â node under âProgramming Languagesâ is divided into three parts, so that you can opt not to install the tools you donât need. We recommend that you read all the selectable items carefully before proceeding. Specifically:
A Note about Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 SupportXAML compilation for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 has a dependency on âCommon Tools for Visual C++ 2015â that is not automatically checked when selecting the Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 option. If âCommon Tools for Visual C++â is not already selected (we are looking at options to fix this in the short term), please do so when selecting the Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 option. Selecting Visual C++ Features from the Command LineIn order to support installation of optional features from the command line, the /InstallSelectableItems parameter has been added to the Visual Studio 2015 Community, Professional, and Enterprise SKUs. For unattended installation scenarios, such as deployment to a build lab, the following command line will install all options under the âVisual C++â node in the optional features dialog: vs_enterprise.exe /q /norestart /InstallSelectableItems NativeLanguageSupport_Group The example uses the Enterprise SKU installer (vs_enterprise.exe). This would, of course, need to be adjusted for Professional or Community. Hereâs the full list of optional features & identifiers in Visual Studio 2015 RTM that can be used to install C++ features.
What If I Did Not Install Visual C++?We understand that Visual Studio users might not have selected all the tools and libraries that they need during the initial installation, so we have modified the behavior of Visual Studio to accommodate such scenarios. Shin hakkenden anime download. Of course, you can also directly launch setup again using âAdd or Remove Programsâ in the Windows Control Panel. Creating New ProjectsFor convenience, in the New Project window, we have inserted placeholder templates that will launch the installer for the components needed to develop those types of applications: For example, selecting the above template would launch the installer for the tools needed for developing MFC applications: Opening Existing ProjectsWhen you attempt to open a project you havenât opened before and it requires components that are not yet installed, Visual Studio will let you know about the missing components and, if you choose, start setup to install them: If you skip the installation, Visual Studio will keep those projects unloaded. Attempting to reload will result in the same prompt. You can also directly launch setup through right clicking the unloaded project and selecting âInstall Missing Feature(s)â: Customized ProjectsIf you have edited the project file and moved identifying information to .props files or .targets files, then automatic setup is not supported for that project. In these situations, pay attention to the output window, which lists the set of packages that you need to install for projects with missing dependencies. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to write directly to Daniel Griffing [email protected].
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Downloading Visual Studio 2012Hello, I'm trying to download Visual Studio 2012, but it doesn't seem to be available on the Microsoft website? I kinda need this version because I'm trying to write a plug-in for Autodesk Maya (3D-animation software). I've tried 2017 but this doesn't seem to work, and the documentation tells me I need 2012. (http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU/?guid=__files_Setting_up_your_build_env_Windows_env_32bit_and_64bit_htm) (error in 2017: error MSB8020: The build tools for Visual Studio 2012 (Platform Toolset = 'v110') cannot be found. To build using the v110 build tools, please install Visual Studio 2012 build tools. Alternatively, you may upgrade to the current Visual Studio tools by selecting the Project menu or right-click the solution, and then selecting 'Retarget solution'. ) Is there still anyway to get Visual Studio 2012? If i remember this used to be free to download, right? Or perhaps i can install Platform Toolset = 'v110'? Thanks for the help Platform Toolset 140 Download
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We have a Visual Studio solution that contains some VC++ projects, and we've currently upgraded to Visual Studio 2012 from VS2010. In the process we also lifted the VC++ projects to PlatformToolset v110. On our build server (Jenkins), we would like to build this project with MsBuild without having to install VS2012. But I can't get it to work, and I think it's because the folder C:Program Files (x86)MSBuildMicrosoft.Cppv4.0V110 must be present. This folder and its contents is created during installation of VS2012, but as far as I can tell it won't be included in either the Windows SDK 7.1 or Windows SDK 8.0? Is there any other SDK or installation package that can help with this issue?
Daniel PerssonDaniel Persson
1 AnswerI know it's not really without installing Visual Studio 2012, but: If licensing costs are the biggest driver perhaps the Express for Windows Desktop edition could be an alternative. You could keep the installation to the minimum required to support C++ builds.
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Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged visual-c++visual-studio-2012msbuild or ask your own question.I have a weird problem when I want to compile a Visual Studio 2012 solution via
ScottScott
2 AnswersYou have probably solved the problem yourself but perhaps it may help others with a similar problem. Try to set the VisualStudioVersion environment variable before running MSBuild, e.g There is a possibility that it helps.
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You could also try passing the command line parameter /p:VisualStudioVersion=11.0 to MSBuild, when trying to build your project. It seems to have the same effect as setting the environment variable, in the above answer.
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