====== Visual C++ ======

===== Warning disabling =====

To disable a warning once :

''#pragma warning( suppress : //<warning>// )''

with ''//<warning>//'', the number of the warning (without the heading ''C'').

Example :

''#pragma warning( suppress: 4065 )''

===== Compilation from CLI =====

==== Using 'MSBuild.exe' ====

<note>To install this executable and other needed files, see the ''Installation'' section.
</note>

To compile a //Visual C++// solution or project from the //CLI//, launch :

  * for //Visual Studio 2017:// : ''%%"%%C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe%%"%%  /property:Configuration=Release /property:Platform=Win32 /t:Rebuild'',
  * for //Visual Studio 2013// : ''%%"%%C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe%%"%% "<file>" /property:Configuration=Release /property:Platform=Win32 /t:Rebuild''
  
where ''//<file>//'' is the solution (''.sln'' extension) or the project (''.vcxproj'' extension) file name.

This will //rebuild// (i.e. force the building) the project/solution in the //Release// configuration for the //Win32// plateform.
==== Using 'WDExpress.exe' ====

<note>It seems that you can not //Rebuild// (i.e. force the building) of a solution/project (the ''/rebuild'' switch isn't recognized), so better use ''MSBuild.exe'', as explained above.
</note>
To compile a //Visual C++// solution or project from the //CLI//, launch (with //Visual C++ Express 2013//) :
<code>
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\WDExpress.exe" <file> /build
</code>
where ''//<file>//'' is the solution (''.sln'' extension) or the project (''.vcxproj'' extension) filename.

To compile for a specific configuration/platform, add ''"<configuration>[|<platform>]"'' argument. Example :
<code>
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\WDExpress.exe" MySolution.sln /build "Release|Win32"
</code>

===== Offline installation =====

==== 2017 ====

=== Community ===

  * Download //Community// version,
  * launch ''vs_community%%__%%<...>.exe %%--%%layout <path>'', where ''<path>'' is the path where to put the downloaded files (you can add ''%%--%%lang en-US'', for example, to download one language only),
  * launch each file from the ''certificates'' directory,
  * launch ''vs_community%%__%%<...>.exe'', the one which located in the above ''<path>''.

To update the downloaded files, relaunch ''vs_community%%__%%<...>.exe %%--%%layout <path>'' (:!: it seems to reload everything !).

=== Build tools ===

This are the tools to build a solution/project outside from the IDE (contains ''msbuild.exe''). They will be found on the //Visual Studio// download page, under ''Other Tools and Framework''/''Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017''. The executable is named ''vs_buildtools%%__%%<...>.exe'' and can be handled the same way as the above one.

==== Older version (Express) ====



By default, the executable to install //VS// (like ''wdexpress_full[_ENU].exe'') is a small one which connects to an Internet site to download files.\\
To retrieve the needed files in order to install //VS// offline, launch this executable with the ''/layout'' option. You will then be asked for a download directory, and the needed files will be put there.