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Visual Studio Code C++ Extension: Cross-Compilation IntelliSense Configurations

February 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 02/9/21
Julia Reid
The February 2021 update of the Visual Studio Code C++ extension is now available! This latest release provides support for cross-compilation IntelliSense configurations and over 60 bug fixes! To find out more about all the enhancements, check out our release notes on GitHub. Cross-compilation IntelliSense configurations With this latest ...

Windows ARM64 support for CMake projects in Visual Studio

January 21, 2021 Jan 21, 2021 01/21/21
Erika Sweet
In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 Preview 3 we added support for deploying CMake projects to a remote Windows machine and debugging them with the Visual Studio remote tools. CMake developers targeting ARM64 Windows can now cross-compile (with cl or clang-cl), deploy, and debug their projects directly from Visual Studio. You can download and ...

Typelib and ActiveX now supported in MFC Wizards 

October 23, 2020 Oct 23, 2020 10/23/20
Anju Del Moral Gonzalez
We are happy to announce that the Typelib and ActiveX Wizards are now available in Visual Studio 2019.   We’ve been working on rewriting all the wizards in Visual Studio to make them more accessible. These two wizards were not initially part of our rewriting plans and they were marked as deprecated in Visual Studio 2017 and ...

A Multitude of Updates in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview 3

September 14, 2020 Sep 14, 2020 09/14/20
Sy Brand
Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview 3 comes with a huge collection of updates for C++ programmers. Download today to try out new additions in conformance, performance, and productivity. C++20 We’ve improved support for major C++20 features across our compiler, standard library, and IDE. You can now use Modules, Concepts, Coroutines, ...

C++ Coroutines in Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.8

September 14, 2020 Sep 14, 2020 09/14/20
Jonathan Emmett
Please see our Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview 3 release notes for more of our latest features. It's been a long journey for coroutines in C++ and in MSVC. We announced an early preview of resumable functions in 2013, followed up by the switch and initial C++ standardization proposals in 2014, to proposal revisions in 2015, and ...

Standard C++20 Modules support with MSVC in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8

September 14, 2020 Sep 14, 2020 09/14/20
Cameron DaCamara
Please see our Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview 3 release notes for more of our latest features. It has been some time since our last update regarding C++ Modules conformance. The toolset, project system, and IDE teams have been hard at work to create a first class C++ Modules experience in Visual Studio 2019. There is a lot to share...

Introducing source dependency reporting with MSVC in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7

August 13, 2020 Aug 13, 2020 08/13/20
Cameron DaCamara
C++20 demands a lot more from the ecosystem than ever before. With C++20 Modules on the horizon the compiler needs to work closely with project systems in order to provide rich information for build dependency gathering and making iterative builds faster for inner-loop development. The compiler and project teams have acknowledged the new ...