Visual Studio Project Properties

• Configuration
• Debug/  x64 x86 - with debug information
• Production release mode - release /release_opt x64 , without debug information
• General - configuration type 
• exe
• dll
• lib

• Debugging
• debugging working directory
• any command-line commands

• VC++ directories 
• include /lib directories easy to use during development

• C++ general
• include directories include
• preprocessor

• linker
• lib directories
• input .lib files

• Build events
• prebuild - any command line or exe to be run before the project build
• postbuild - any command line or exe to be run after the project build

Renaming a Visual Studio Project

 Renaming VS 2019 project 

• Rename file directory 

• Open sln in vs 

• Project explorer 

• Rename project solution name (sln will be renamed) 

• Rename project name 

• Build the project should build without errors  

• Close VS 

• Right-click and rename newname.vcxproj 

• Right-click and rename newname.vcxproj.filters 

• Right-click and rename newname.vcxproj.user 

• Open newname.sln in note pad rename any old names text to the new name 

• Open newname.vcxproj rename root namespace to new name 

Visual studio project initial svn commit

Visual studio project  committing initial files to SVN  

• Project 

• Trunk 

• Codebase 

• public_inlude 

• private_inlude 

• src 

                                    VS2013 (filter) 
                                    VS2017 (filter) 

• VS2019 (filter) 

• .sln 

• .vcproj 

• .vcproj.filter 

• Do not commit following 

• X64 folder and dlls /libs /obj files 

• dependency  

• Vcproj .user 

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