Merge pull request #1030 from evoskuil/master

Simplify VS project configs and harden MSBUILD script

builds/msvc/build/buildbase.bat

 @ECHO OFF
-REM Usage: [buildbase.bat ..\vs2013\libzmq.sln 12]
+REM Usage: [buildbase.bat ..\vs2013\mysolution.sln 12]
 
 SET solution=%1
 SET version=%2
-
 SET log=build_%version%.log
-
-REM This breaks if visual studio is not installed or is installed to a non-default location.
-SET environment="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio %version%.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
+SET tools=Microsoft Visual Studio %version%.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat
+SET environment="%programfiles(x86)%\%tools%"
+IF NOT EXIST %environment% SET environment="%programfiles%\%tools%"
+IF NOT EXIST %environment% GOTO no_tools
 
 ECHO Building: %solution%
 
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ ECHO Complete: %solution%
 GOTO end
 
 :error
-ECHO *** ERROR, build terminated, see: %log%
+ECHO *** ERROR, build terminated early, see: %log%
+GOTO end
+
+:no_tools
+ECHO *** ERROR, build tools not found: %tools%
 
 :end
 

builds/msvc/properties/Common.props

@@ -4,23 +4,18 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Common Settings</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    <TargetName>$(ProjectName)</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(Platform).props" />
+  </ImportGroup>  
+
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
-      <!-- Windows and CRT definitions for unicode. Note that Linux only supports unicode so char is 16 bit. -->
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>UNICODE;_UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="ConfigInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Message Text="ConfigurationType : $(ConfigurationType)" Importance="high"/>
-    <Message Text="Configuration     : $(Configuration)" Importance="high"/>
-    <Message Text="PlatformToolset   : $(PlatformToolset)" Importance="high"/>
-    <Message Text="Building..." Importance="high"/>
-  </Target>
-
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file

builds/msvc/properties/Dynamic.props → builds/msvc/properties/DLL.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Common.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  
+    
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Dynamic Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DefaultLinkage>dynamic</DefaultLinkage>
+    <TargetExt>.dll</TargetExt>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/Debug.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Common.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Debug Configuration</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-    <!-- RootNamespace is used to deconflict output files from differing project versions. -->
-    <IntDir>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\obj\$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration)\$(RootNamespace)\</IntDir>
-    <OutDir>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\bin\$(PlatformName)\Debug\$(RootNamespace)\</OutDir>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Debug Settings</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DebugOrRelease>Debug</DebugOrRelease>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -21,8 +23,7 @@
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <ImportLibrary>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\bin\$(PlatformName)\Debug\$(RootNamespace)\$(TargetName).imp.lib</ImportLibrary>
-    </Link>
+    </Link>    
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file

builds/msvc/properties/ConsoleDebugDynamic.props → builds/msvc/properties/DebugDEXE.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Console.props" />
-    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Debug Dynamic</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DefaultLinkage>dynamic</DefaultLinkage>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="EXE.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
   
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Linking CRT dynamically when building a dynamic library is conventional. -->
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>

builds/msvc/properties/DynamicDebug.props → builds/msvc/properties/DebugDLL.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Dynamic.props" />
-    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Dynamic Debug Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="DLL.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Linking CRT dynamically when building a dynamic library is conventional. -->
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
+  
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file

builds/msvc/properties/ConsoleDebugLinkTimeCodeGeneration.props → builds/msvc/properties/DebugLEXE.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Debug Link Time Code Generation</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Console.props" />
     <Import Project="Debug.props" />
-    <Import Project="LinkTimeCodeGeneration.props" />
+    <Import Project="Link.props" />
+    <Import Project="EXE.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Debug Link Time Code Generation Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 

builds/msvc/properties/StaticDebug.props → builds/msvc/properties/DebugLIB.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Static.props" />
-    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Static Debug Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="LIB.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Linking CRT statically when building a static library is conventional. -->
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>

builds/msvc/properties/StaticDebugLinkTimeCodeGeneration.props → builds/msvc/properties/DebugLTCG.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
-    <Import Project="StaticLinkTimeCodeGeneration.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Static Debug Link Time Code Generation Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="LTCG.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Linking CRT statically when building a static library is conventional. -->
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 

builds/msvc/properties/ConsoleDebugStatic.props → builds/msvc/properties/DebugSEXE.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Console.props" />
-    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Debug Static</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DefaultLinkage>static</DefaultLinkage>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="EXE.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>

builds/msvc/properties/Console.props → builds/msvc/properties/EXE.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Common.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  
+    
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Application</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <IsExe>true</IsExe>    
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/Static.props → builds/msvc/properties/LIB.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Common.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Static Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DefaultLinkage>static</DefaultLinkage>
+    <TargetExt>.lib</TargetExt>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/LTCG.props

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Link Time Code Generation Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="LIB.props" />
+    <Import Project="Link.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

builds/msvc/properties/LinkTimeCodeGeneration.props → builds/msvc/properties/Link.props

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
    
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Link Time Code Generation Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Link Time Code Generation Settings</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DefaultLinkage>ltcg</DefaultLinkage>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/Messages.props

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Build Messages</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="ConfigInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <Message Text="ConfigurationType : $(ConfigurationType)" Importance="high"/>
+    <Message Text="Configuration     : $(Configuration)" Importance="high"/>
+    <Message Text="PlatformToolset   : $(PlatformToolset)" Importance="high"/>
+    <Message Text="TargetPath        : $(TargetPath)" Importance="high"/>
+  </Target>
+
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

builds/msvc/properties/Output.props

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+ 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Output Settings</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <!-- BuildRoot, RepoRoot, SourceRoot, DebugOrRelease and DefaultLinkage are custom props and should therefore not be referenced from *.import.props or nuget target files. -->
+    <BuildRoot>$(ProjectDir)..\..\</BuildRoot>
+    <RepoRoot>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\</RepoRoot>
+    <SourceRoot>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\..\</SourceRoot>    
+    <OutDir>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\bin\$(PlatformName)\$(DebugOrRelease)\$(PlatformToolset)\$(DefaultLinkage)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\obj\$(TargetName)\$(PlatformName)\$(DebugOrRelease)\$(PlatformToolset)\$(DefaultLinkage)\</IntDir>
+    <TargetDir>$(OutDir)</TargetDir>
+    <TargetName>$(TargetName)</TargetName>
+    <TargetPath>$(TargetDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</TargetPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <Link>
+      <ImportLibrary>$(OutDir)$(TargetName).lib</ImportLibrary>
+    </Link>
+    <BuildLog>
+      <Path>$(OutDir)$(TargetName).log</Path>
+    </BuildLog> 
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Messages.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>    
+  
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

builds/msvc/properties/Release.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Common.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
   
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Release Configuration</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-    <!-- RootNamespace is used to deconflict output files from differing project versions. -->
-    <IntDir>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\obj\$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration)\$(RootNamespace)\</IntDir>
-    <OutDir>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\bin\$(PlatformName)\Release\$(RootNamespace)\</OutDir>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Release Settings</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DebugOrRelease>Release</DebugOrRelease>
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
@@ -26,12 +28,11 @@
     <Link>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <!--<GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>-->
-      <ImportLibrary>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\bin\$(PlatformName)\Release\$(RootNamespace)\$(TargetName).imp.lib</ImportLibrary>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-    </Link>
+    </Link> 
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Processor)' == 'x86'">
     <ClCompile>
       <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>StreamingSIMDExtensions2</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
     </ClCompile>

builds/msvc/properties/ConsoleReleaseDynamic.props → builds/msvc/properties/ReleaseDEXE.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Console.props" />
-    <Import Project="Release.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Release Dynamic</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DefaultLinkage>dynamic</DefaultLinkage>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Release.props" />
+    <Import Project="EXE.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Linking CRT dynamically when building a dynamic library is conventional. -->
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/DynamicRelease.props → builds/msvc/properties/ReleaseDLL.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Dynamic.props" />
-    <Import Project="Release.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
   
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Dynamic Release Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Release.props" />
+    <Import Project="DLL.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
   
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Linking CRT dynamically when building a dynamic library is conventional. -->
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/ConsoleReleaseLinkTimeCodeGeneration.props → builds/msvc/properties/ReleaseLEXE.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Release Link Time Code Generation</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Console.props" />
     <Import Project="Release.props" />
-    <Import Project="LinkTimeCodeGeneration.props" />
+    <Import Project="Link.props" />
+    <Import Project="EXE.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Release Link Time Code Generation Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>

builds/msvc/properties/StaticRelease.props → builds/msvc/properties/ReleaseLIB.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Static.props" />
-    <Import Project="Release.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Static Release Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Release.props" />
+    <Import Project="LIB.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Linking CRT statically when building a static library is conventional. -->
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/StaticReleaseLinkTimeCodeGeneration.props → builds/msvc/properties/ReleaseLTCG.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Release.props" />
-    <Import Project="StaticLinkTimeCodeGeneration.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Static Release Link Time Code Generation Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Release.props" />
+    <Import Project="LTCG.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Linking CRT statically when building a static library is conventional. -->
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/ConsoleReleaseStatic.props → builds/msvc/properties/ReleaseSEXE.props

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Console.props" />
-    <Import Project="Release.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Console Release Static</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <DefaultLinkage>static</DefaultLinkage>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="Release.props" />
+    <Import Project="EXE.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>

builds/msvc/properties/StaticLinkTimeCodeGeneration.props

-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="Static.props" />
-    <Import Project="LinkTimeCodeGeneration.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
- 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Static Link Time Code Generation Library</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-    
-    <!-- This overrides Static.props->Common.props->TargetName and therefore this 
-    reference must always be set after Static.props->Common.props is included. -->
-    <TargetName>$(TargetName).ltcg</TargetName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

builds/msvc/properties/Win32.props

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>Win32 Settings</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>x86 Settings</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>

builds/msvc/properties/x64.props

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>x64 Settings</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
+    
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <!-- Note that Win64 defines may cause WIN32 to become defined when using windows headers, 

builds/msvc/vs2010/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.props

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(ProjectDir)..\..\platform.hpp $(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\perf\</Command>
+      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp $(RepoRoot)perf\</Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Advapi32.lib;Rpcrt4.lib;Ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -25,23 +25,15 @@
     <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)libsodium.import.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(Configuration.IndexOf('DEXE')) != -1">
-    <Linkage-libzmq>dynamic</Linkage-libzmq>
-    <Linkage-libsodium>dynamic</Linkage-libsodium>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(Configuration.IndexOf('LEXE')) != -1">
-    <Linkage-libzmq>ltcg</Linkage-libzmq>
-    <Linkage-libsodium>ltcg</Linkage-libsodium>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(Configuration.IndexOf('SEXE')) != -1">
-    <Linkage-libzmq>static</Linkage-libzmq>
-    <Linkage-libsodium>static</Linkage-libsodium>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Linkage-libzmq>$(DefaultLinkage)</Linkage-libzmq>
+    <Linkage-libsodium>$(DefaultLinkage)</Linkage-libsodium>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Messages -->
 
   <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Message Text="Will copy $(ProjectDir)..\..\platform.hpp -&gt; $(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\perf\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
+    <Message Text="Will copy $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp -&gt; $(RepoRoot)perf\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="LinkageInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">

builds/msvc/vs2010/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.vcxproj

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{6FF7436F-B3F6-4AE9-A3AC-CFDE8A3872A0}</ProjectGuid>
     <ProjectName>inproc_lat</ProjectName>
-    <RootNamespace>inproc_lat10</RootNamespace>
+    <PlatformToolset>v100</PlatformToolset>
+    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="DebugDEXE|Win32">
@@ -55,84 +56,13 @@
       <Platform>x64</Platform>
     </ProjectConfiguration>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v100</PlatformToolset>
-    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='DebugDEXE|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).props" />
-    <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)..\..\properties\ConsoleDebugDynamic.props" />
-    <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)..\..\properties\Win32.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='ReleaseDEXE|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).props" />
-    <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)..\..\properties\ConsoleReleaseDynamic.props" />
-    <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)..\..\properties\Win32.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='DebugDEXE|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
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builds/msvc/vs2010/libzmq.import.props

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-    <Linkage-libsodium>static</Linkage-libsodium>
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-    <Linkage-libsodium>static</Linkage-libsodium>
+  <PropertyGroup>
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