development environment of VS2008 Express

To Get started using command line, do this:

1. Copy file c:\program files\Visual Studio 9.0\common7\tools\vsvars32.bat to your directory such as c:\tools
2. run c:\tools\vsvars32. This sets up the environment variables, most importantly $PATH
3. use "vcbuild" to build VC project or solutions. You can also use "msbuild" which is want vcbuild calls.

VCBUILD Command Line

The VCBUILD tool uses the following command line syntax to build Visual C++ projects and solutions.

VCBUILD [options] [project | solution] [config | $ALL]

Flags

options

Build options. For more information, see VCBUILD Options.

VCBUILD also reads options from the VCBUILD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS environment variable.

project

The name of a project file.

If the project parameter is not specified and only one .vcproj file is in the directory, the project specified by the .vcproj file is built.

solution

The name of a solution file.

config

The name of a project configuration to build; for example, DEBUG.

If no configuration is specified, and the VCBUILD_DEFAULT_CFG environment variable is set, the configuration it specifies is built. If it is not set, all configurations are built.

$ALL

A symbolic name that means build all configurations.

Remarks

To cancel the build process, press CTRL+C or CTRL+BREAK.

VCBUILD Options

VCBUILD has the following options:

Option	Description
/clean (VCBUILD)	Specifies outputting only clean build outputs.
/error	Specifies prefixing error lines that are outputted to stdin, stdout, stderr with the string argument.
/implib	Specifies creating an import library for a DLL configuration.
/info	Specifies prefixing information lines that are outputted to stdin, stdout, stderr with the string argument.
/link	Specifies performing a link without building sources.
/log	Specifies using file as the build log.
/logcommands	Specifies printing commands and response file to the screen.
/M	Specifies the number of concurrent builds to run.
/nocolor	Displays error and warning messages without colorization.
/noimplib	Specifies not generating an import library.
/overrideRefVer	Specifies that .NET Framework 3.5 will be used for all assembly references when upgrading a CLR project from a previous version of Visual Studio.
/pass0	Specifies performing pass 0 (MIDL) of Build.exe.
/pass1	Specifies performing pass 1 (compile) of Build.exe (implies /implib).
/pass2	Specifies to perform pass 2 (link) of Build.exe (implies /noimplib).
/platform	Only builds configurations for the given platform.
/rebuild (VCBUILD)	Specifies cleaning build outputs and then performs a build.
/time	Logs the time it takes to complete the build.
/upgrade	Upgrades the project file to the latest supported format.
/useenv	Uses the environment variables for PATH, INCLUDE, LIBS, and LIBPATH.
/warning	Prefixes warning lines with a user-defined string.