cl Questions

Visual Studio Code – How to permanently configure VSCode to use cl.exe without launching it from the Developer Command Prompt?

September 16, 2024
MiguelP
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So compiling C on VS Code on Windows is an absolute nightmare. The only way I am able to "force" VSCode to compile and debug my C/C++ programs is by either: Starting VSCode through the Developer Command Prompt for VS…

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Visual Studio Code – Using precompiled headers in msvc when building from the command line with the cl compiler

February 19, 2024
Serilena
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Edit: I know how to use it in VS, and CMake, I am trying to find out how to do it using cl.exe on the command line and not from inside the Visual Studio IDE or using a build generator…

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Visual Studio Code – How to integrate Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022 as Terminal in VS Code

December 4, 2022
maddes8cht
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I would like to have the Microsoft VS C++ compiler cl available in VisualStudio Code. I have Visual Studio Build Tools installed and can call cl from the Developer Command prompt. The default way recommended by Microsoft to get VS…

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