How to create a Batch File for Visual Studio Command Prompt

Question

I want to create a batch file for Visual Studio 2008 x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt to do something continuesly in my PC, here is the senario.<

Answer 1

For Visual Studio 2010, this is working great:

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86

Answer 2

I wrote a bat file using the following steps and it worked.

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
echo call complete
pause
cd C:\tfs.sbdinc.com
tf get $/MAC_MBA/CoreApplicationAndReports/Main/Application/Solution /recursive
echo get complete
pause
cd C:\tfs\CoreApplicationAndReports\Main\Application\Solution
msbuild
echo build complete
pause
devenv mba.sln
echo ide launch complete
pause

Answer 3

For Visual Studio 2015:

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64

For Visual Studio 2013:

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64

Answer 4

And for Visual Studio 2012:

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64

Answer 5

For Visual Studio 2019 :

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64

Answer 6

Make the first line of your batch file set up the VS environment:

call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
svn update
delete some files
MSBuild MySolutiuon.sln
... more commands ...

x86_amd64 is the argument used for x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt.

Once vcvarsall.bat has run, msbuild will be available in the path for the rest of the commands in your batch file.

Alternatively, if you aren't using Visual C++, you might prefer to set up the environment with this line (instead of the call to vcvarsall.bat):

For VS 2008:

call "%vs90comntools%vsvars32.bat"

For VS 2010:

call "%vs100comntools%vsvars32.bat"

For VS 2012:

call "%vs110comntools%vsvars32.bat"

For VS 2013:

call "%vs120comntools%vsvars32.bat"

For VS 2015:

call "%vs140comntools%vsvars32.bat"

For VS 2017:

Batch is now called vc not vs.

call "%vs140comntools%\..\..\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars32.bat"

or better

call "%vs140comntools%\VsDevCmd.bat"