Reputation: 6753
Meaning of $(OutDir)
I was looking in the properties of my visual studio project and saw the following:
$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe
I was curious how does visual studio know the value of outdir and how can i see this value. Moreover, which language is this, eg C#, python? In other words, what language is $(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe written in
Upvotes: 27
Views: 35650
Answers (4)
Reputation: 3769
These macros are documented by Microsoft in the topic Macros for Build Commands and Properties. (That link is for Visual Studio 2015.)
Upvotes: 7
Reputation: 9
You can modify the file the_name_of_your_prog.VCPROJ (in the example : ttfmfc)
and replace : $(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName) and $(SolutionDir) by F:\debug
(F:\debug is in a ramdisk, or any other foler)
In the example below, only debug configuration has been changed :
visual studio 2008
replace every [ by (lower than sign) and ] by (greater than sign)
[?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?]
[VisualStudioProject
ProjectType="Visual C++"
Version="9.00"
Name="ttsmfc"
ProjectGUID="{0B52B3C5-7AD5-4780-92E9-98674E486261}"
RootNamespace="ttsmfc"
Keyword="MFCProj"
TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
]
[Platforms]
[Platform
Name="Win32"
/]
[/Platforms]
[ToolFiles]
[/ToolFiles]
[Configurations]
[Configuration
Name="Debug|Win32"
OutputDirectory="F:\Debug"
IntermediateDirectory="F:\Debug"
ConfigurationType="1"
UseOfMFC="2"
CharacterSet="1"
]
[Tool
Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCMIDLTool"
PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
MkTypLibCompatible="true"
SuppressStartupBanner="true"
TargetEnvironment="1"
TypeLibraryName="f:\Debug/ort.tlb"
HeaderFileName=""
/]
[Tool
Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
Optimization="0"
PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;_DEBUG"
MinimalRebuild="true"
BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
RuntimeLibrary="3"
UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
PrecompiledHeaderThrough="stdafx.h"
PrecompiledHeaderFile="F:\Debug/ort.pch"
AssemblerListingLocation="F:\Debug/"
ObjectFile="F:\Debug/"
ProgramDataBaseFileName="F:\Debug/"
WarningLevel="3"
DebugInformationFormat="4"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
Culture="1036"
AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(IntDir)"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCLinkerTool"
AdditionalDependencies="winmm.lib"
LinkIncremental="2"
GenerateDebugInformation="true"
SubSystem="2"
TargetMachine="1"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCALinkTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCManifestTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCBscMakeTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCFxCopTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
/]
[/Configuration]
[Configuration
Name="Release|Win32"
OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
ConfigurationType="1"
UseOfMFC="2"
CharacterSet="1"
WholeProgramOptimization="1"
]
[Tool
Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCMIDLTool"
PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
MkTypLibCompatible="false"
ValidateParameters="true"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
Optimization="2"
EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;NDEBUG"
MinimalRebuild="false"
RuntimeLibrary="2"
EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
WarningLevel="3"
DebugInformationFormat="3"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
Culture="1036"
AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(IntDir)"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCLinkerTool"
AdditionalDependencies="winmm.lib"
LinkIncremental="1"
GenerateDebugInformation="true"
SubSystem="2"
OptimizeReferences="2"
EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
TargetMachine="1"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCALinkTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCManifestTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCBscMakeTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCFxCopTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
/]
[Tool
Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
/]
[/Configuration]
[/Configurations]
[References]
[/References]
[Files]
[Filter
Name="Fichiers sources"
Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
]
[File
RelativePath=".\Buffer.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\ChangeRes.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\errorprint.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\MainFrm.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\Mot.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\Pipe.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\PtrFifo.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\Reco.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\SoundBase.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\SoundFile.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\SoundIn.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\SoundOut.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\stdafx.cpp"
]
[FileConfiguration
Name="Debug|Win32"
]
[Tool
Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
UsePrecompiledHeader="1"
/]
[/FileConfiguration]
[FileConfiguration
Name="Release|Win32"
]
[Tool
Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
UsePrecompiledHeader="1"
/]
[/FileConfiguration]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\ttsmfc.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\ttsmfcDoc.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\ttsmfcView.cpp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\vegView.cpp"
]
[/File]
[/Filter]
[Filter
Name="Fichiers d'en-tête"
Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl;inc;xsd"
UniqueIdentifier="{93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB}"
]
[File
RelativePath=".\Buffer.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\errorprint.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\fister.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\MainFrm.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\Mot.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\Pipe.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\PtrFifo.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\Reco.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\Resource.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\SoundBase.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\SoundFile.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\SoundIn.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\SoundOut.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\stdafx.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\targetver.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\ttsmfc.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\ttsmfcDoc.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\ttsmfcView.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\type.h"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\vegView.h"
]
[/File]
[/Filter]
[Filter
Name="Fichiers de ressources"
Filter="rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx;tiff;tif;png;wav"
UniqueIdentifier="{67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01}"
]
[File
RelativePath=".\res\Toolbar.bmp"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\res\ttsmfc.ico"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\ttsmfc.rc"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\res\ttsmfc.rc2"
]
[/File]
[File
RelativePath=".\res\ttsmfcDoc.ico"
]
[/File]
[/Filter]
[File
RelativePath=".\ReadMe.txt"
]
[/File]
[/Files]
[Globals]
[Global
Name="RESOURCE_FILE"
Value="ttsmfc.rc"
/]
[/Globals]
[/VisualStudioProject]
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 59637
$(OutDir) is a Visual Studio Build Property Macro.
You can see the values of macros using the Macros >> button in many Properties dialogs.
For instance, in Properties->General->Output Directory, click the dropdown in the value text box, choose Edit..., and in the resulting dialog, click the Macros >> button. This will give you a list of all the macros and their current values.
$(OutputDir) should be set to the output directory for the current configuration, e.g. $(SolutionDir)/$(Configuration)\.
Note that your Windows environment variables are imported as Build Property macros in your project, so in the marco list you'll see, e.g. $(Path), $(HOME), $(TEMP).
Upvotes: 28
Reputation: 190986
Those are MSBuild properties. They can be user defined or environment variables.
Upvotes: 1
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