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</para >
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<para >
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- The valid values for &cv-MSVC_VERSION; represent major versions
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- of the compiler. Versions ending in <literal >Exp</literal >
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- refer to "Express" or "Express for Desktop" Visual Studio editions.
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- An express version may have some feature limitations as compared to
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- the full version. It is necessary to specify the <literal >Exp</literal >
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- suffix when both express and non-express editions are installed
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- simulaneously and the express version is desired. An express edition
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- is used for the msvc version without the 'Exp' suffix when there is one
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- edition installed and it is the express edition.
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- </para >
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-
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- <para >
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- The following table shows correspondence
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- of the selector string to various version indicators
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- ('x' is used as a placeholder for
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- a single digit that can vary).
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- Note that it is not necessary to install Visual Studio
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- to build with &SCons; (for example, you can install only
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- Build Tools), but if Visual Studio is installed,
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- additional builders such as &b-link-MSVSSolution; and
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- &b-link-MSVSProject; become avaialable and will
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- correspond to the indicated versions.
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+ The valid values for &cv-MSVC_VERSION; represent major versions of the
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+ compiler suite. The following table shows the correspondence of
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+ &cv-MSVC_VERSION; version specifications to various Visual Studio version
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+ numbers. 'x' is used as a placeholder for a single digit that may vary.
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</para >
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<informaltable >
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</tgroup >
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</informaltable >
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+ <note >
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+ <itemizedlist >
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+
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+ <listitem ><para >
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+ It is not necessary to install a Visual Studio IDE
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+ to build with &SCons; (for example, you can install only
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+ Build Tools), but when a Visual Studio IDE is installed,
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+ additional builders such as &b-link-MSVSSolution; and
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+ &b-link-MSVSProject; become available and correspond to
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+ the specified versions.
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+ </para ></listitem >
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+
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+ <listitem ><para >
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+ Versions ending in <literal >Exp</literal > refer to historical
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+ "Express" or "Express for Desktop" Visual Studio editions,
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+ which had feature limitations compared to the full editions.
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+ It is only necessary to specify the <literal >Exp</literal >
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+ suffix to select the express edition when both express and
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+ non-express editions of the same product are installed
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+ simulaneously. The <literal >Exp</literal > suffix is unnecessary,
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+ but accepted, when only the express edition is installed.
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+ </para ></listitem >
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+ </itemizedlist >
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+ </note >
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+
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<para >
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The compilation environment can be further or more precisely specified through the
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use of several other &consvars; : see the descriptions of
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