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Visual Studio C++: copy projects and solutions from one pc to another (github not working)
Visual Studio C++: copy projects and solutions from one pc to another (github not working):
Can I just copy these files to another pc? Or will I mess things up (e.g. in github)? On the destination pc, ...
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Should I edit the solution generated by CMake? (Intended workflow with CMake on Windows)
Let's say I'm part of a team of developers working on an application.
The application "lives" on GitHub and we have decided to use CMake because people use different operating systems and ...
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Can I set a solution-wide macro from VS a project property sheet?
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I need to find a way allow a new VS solution to "override" a build macro used by existing C++ projects, but only for that solution, without affecting the value of that macro ...
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Cannot Link between 2 projects in the same solution, and i dont have a .Lib File for additional dependencies
I have a main project and which there I implement some classes and functionality and also a main.cpp to run everything.
Now I try to add another project to test my main project, so I create another ...
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Make Visual Studio C++ project with missing references link OK
Context: Visual Studio 2019.
I have a suite of C++ projects that need to be compiled both into individual (plugin) DLLs, as well as be linked statically into a single application for testing purposes. ...
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Include darknet Yolov3 for object detection
Unfortunately I am not very experienced with C++ and the handling of Visual Studio. I have to implement a C++ application, in which I can integrate yolo or darknet as a library and use it flexibly. I'...
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Visual Studio C++ Multiple Project Solution Setup
0. Disclaimer
This question is only about Visual Studio C++ project/solution configuration and may involve subjectivity.
However, the idea behind this post is to share our approaches to configure a ...
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How to use functions coming from two projects (static libraries) in a third project (executable)?
I have three projects within one solution. I am building two static libraries and trying to link them to my executable project (called ensemble). I have added both .lib file directories to my Linker/...
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Where is Visual Studio source file directory change option
I've been trying for hours to change the source path. I couldn't find anything on project properties, and I couldn't find anything on the internet either.
I want to put all my source files in a ...
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MS Visual Studio solution combining unmanaged C++ project and C# projects
I am using MS Visual Studio 2017 and want to have a solution which contains all of my subprojects, and can build them and maintain dependency relationships among them.
One of these projects is ...
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LNK1124 error debugger cannot find .exe file
image of error
I'm having an error with visual studio every time I'm trying to use cin to get the guess of the user without that it works fine.
code
console message with error
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How to execute process before build multiple projects in a solution
I'm using VS2010 on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
I want to build multi-project in one solution automatically.
For example : )
Solution StormSolution contains 4 projects.
1 : Storm_Module1 (output file ...
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C++ Project not building. No output files are produced
I have a solution with multiple C# projects included, and a single C++ project.
The C++ project is a .NET Framework bootstrapper that should produce a native executable file. I first built the ...
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Creating class object defined in another project
I have a Visual C++ solution with 2 projects: rectangle and project3.
In rectangle project I have rect.cpp and rect.h.
rect.h
#ifndef rect_h
#define rect_h
class Rect
{
public:
Rect();
int ...
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Visual Studio 2010, jump to source code using IDE
Let me break down my problem. I have two visual studio 2010 solutions with multiple projects in them.
Solution A
Solution B
Solution A generates libs that are added as dependency in Solution B.
This ...
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What is the correct way to output compiled target in a different folder than dependencies DLLs?
I have a Visual Studio solution file with a few projects (mostly C++),
most of them are configured in a pretty standard way, with Output directory set to a "bin" directory.
Some of them need their ...
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How open a C++ .SLN project in xamarin studio on Mac?
I have a .sln file that i want to open in Xamarin studio, the problem is that this file is in c ++, and when i open the project this message appear : "Xamarin studio don't allow this type of project"
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Using header files with multiple projects in same solution
I'm using C++ and visual studio 2015. I've created 2 projects in 1 solution. The first project is a static library and the other a DLL. I want to include one header file from the static library to use ...
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c++ include from another solution
i have two VS2013 solutions A and B. My Solution B, containing multiple Projects, was originally compiled to be an executable, but i want to use its functions in solution A, so i changed its ...
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How to "sync" two project inside the same solution?
I've these project inside Visual Studio 2015:
as you can see, they "share" the same classes (.cpp/.h). If I edit it inside DefaultProject-app, automatically it change within DefaultProject-vst2.
Now,...
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Is it possible to read/retrieve a c++ source code from a .sln file?
I sent a .sln file (instead of .cpp file) to a friend; will he be able to read the source code from it or is it just a file used from Visual Studio to load projects?
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Visual studio stops responding when I try to create solution
I recently built a new PC with windows 7 about a month ago, everything has been working fine until I tried to install Visual Studio today. First I tried 2013 community edition, it seemed to install ...
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JNI: C++ platform in VS2010
I am writing a C++ dll application via JNI interface to call Java program from C++. I am using Java8, C++, Visual Studio 2010 professional and Windows 7. I am currently setting Configuration as ACtive(...
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Java Script while using ENVDTE - Add new project to existing solution and locate it in a specific sub-folder
I'm writing a Visual Studio extension of a new c++ project template on Visual Studio 2010. I 'm doing it by the method of .vsz template. I expanded the default.js code according to my needs. iN THE ...
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Visual Studio / C++: Build of non-dependant project built on launching debug mode
I have a visual studio solution which has several projects written in C++. Some of the projects build executables and some are libraries. They are all statically linked.
Lets say the names of the ...
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Solution wide build configurations in Visual Studio?
I can chose build options like \MT or \MD in the project settings. But since I have a Visual Studio solution with multiple projects, I am looking for a way to define those options or add additional ...
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Visual Studio & C++: Use filters as directories
I Use Visual Studio 2012 Professional and C++. When creating so called 'filters' and adding source files to them, the files in the solution explorer are divided into sub directories, while on the file ...
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Qt/C++ project VS2010 svn-commit&update .sln
Using Tortoise-svn with C++ VS2010 project. I would like to know in which cases you are to commit .sln file.
Some reasons I see for commiting .sln file:
some projects were added to solution
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Multi-project solution in Visual Studio: spread the config of the main project
I have a C++ solution in Visual Studio (2012 Express) containing 15 projects.
1 is defined as the main project (the one that is first built as the whole solution is built).
All the 15 projects have ...
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Linker option for multi-project solution
Good day to you all. There's one question I'd like to ask you.
Actually, I quite acquainted with setting linker project for single-project solution, so the possibility of me looking at the wrong ...
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Accessing variable from one project to another in visual studio c++
I have a solution and it has two projects in it. When I got the code they told one project handles the visual part and the other has the logic part. Now I added one button to the window. To do that i ...
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Importing a library in MS Visual Studio from the same solution
So I have my solution file here, which contains 4 projects.
Project A is a library which gets compiled into a .lib.
Project B is a program which becomes an .exe.
I have set up Project A as ...
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Cleaning the Solutions for zipped email attachment
How do I 'clean' a Visual Studio 2010 C++ solution,
so that it is small enough to be zipped up and sent as an email attachment?
Is there any other way to send large MSVS C++ files over email?
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Converting 'makefile.vc' to a '.sln' solution file
I have a makefile.vc which I am using to compile via this .bat batch file:
ECHO OFF
CLS
SET VSTools="E:\_ProgramFiles_\MS VStudio 10\VC"
CALL "E:\_ProgramFiles_\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\SetEnv....
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c++ visual studio 2008 issue with two projects in one solution
I have a solution created using visual studio 2008 named, "Solution", and i have two projects in that solution, project "A" and project "B". when i do a thing like below it shows fatal errors in the ...
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VS2008: how to run two separate projects from the same solution
I have a single un-managed C++ console-app solution (.sln) with two projects (.vcproj) both are built as .exe. I want to run them both at the same time (one is a client and one is a server). How do I ...
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Shared Code Layout
I have two C++ projects in a solution both of which need to share two common classes. What I want to avoid is having two copies of the source files but I am reluctant to just include the source in one ...
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