Can I have platform specific sections in my vsprops (Property Sheet) file?

Question

I'm creating a vsprops file to contain include and lib paths that are common to all projects in my solution.

However, I have platform specific paths for the lib paths which can be Win32/x64. Is it possible to put these settings in one vsprops file? Or do I have to create a different vsprops file for each platform and then spend time with the Property Manager in visual studio to ensure the correct ones are referenced?

Answer 1

No, there doesn't seem to be a way, I ended up creating two different vs props files.

Answer 2

I have a similar problem and my solution is to reference environment variables in my vsprops file that point to the correct directories. I then launch Visual Studio via shell links to batch files that set the appropriate environment and then launch VS. Since VS is launched from cmd.exe, it gets the environment of cmd.exe at the time it was launched and therefore has the right environment variable settings. Here's an example:

LaunchTrunk.bat:

set VR_ROOT=C:\VR\trunk
SET ACE_ROOT=C:\VR\trunk\Imports\ACE_wrappers9
set PATH=c:\VR\trunk\source\builtcomponents\release\vrsystem;C:\VR\Patch\Imports\ACE_wrappers9\bin;%PATH%
start "devenv" /D"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /nosplash