how to set MSBuild VC++ Directories

Question

I have a solution of mixed VB.NET and C++ projects. When using Visual Studio 2005 you can set the \"Tools->Option->Projects and Solutions->VC++ Directories\" to help the com

Answer 1

You can use /p[roperty]:useenv=true switch to forward environment variables in newer versions of MSBuild. See full article here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2010/01/11/vcbuild-vs-c-msbuild-on-the-command-line.aspx

Answer 2

To set the include directories, you can add them into your INCLUDE environment variable. You use the same format as in PATH env. variable - you separate paths with semicolons.

To set the library directories - you can do it in similar way, by putting them into your LIB environment variable.

To set environment variables, you simply right-click "My Computer", choose "Properties". Then you go to "Advanced" tab, and there's a button called "Environment Variables".

Or, you can run MSBuild from a BATCH script, in which case, before calling MSBuild, you can set the INCLUDE and LIB variables, like so:

set INCLUDE=C:\Libraries\LibA\Include
set LIB=C:\Libraries\LibA\Lib\x86

Answer 3

...and also you may like to append %INCLUDE% and %LIB% to your variables to avoid overwriting of them

set INCLUDE=C:\Libraries\LibA\Include;%INCLUDE%
set LIB=C:\Libraries\LibA\Lib\x86;%LIB%