To do this, I have all of my source .prg and .rc files in one folder which I have as a project in Ultra Edit Studio. In addition, I have .libs for FWH 32 and 64 bit, for Harbour 32 and 64 bit, xHarbour.com, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2015.
At the current time I can create .exe files from the following resources, and all work.
- xHarbour .com version 32 bit
MSVC 32 bit .bat/.mak build
MSVC 64 bit .bat/.mak build
Visual Studio 32 bit from IDE
Visual Studio 64 bit from IDE
Why so many ? Actually the xHarbour build is for backwards compatibility for clients using older versions of the Advantage Database Server ( 7.0 - 8.1 ). The IDE allows for fast assembly after making code changes and then for testing. The .bat/.mak builds were because we had a display issue ( now solved ) with the IDE version. Also, we're still learning about settings in Visual Studio.
Of all of these options, I most prefer the Visual Studio 32 bit using the IDE. It is easy to use, and you can integrate Ultra Edit Studio with it as the editor of choice for the code. This gives me the largest flexibility.
There has been a report on here that people should uninstall Visual Studio 2013 if they put on the Free Visual Studio 2015 Community. Microsoft has said that is not necessary, and I have both installed on my primary development machine. They work just fine, and I see no problem with having both in place. I do have just Community 2015 on my testing computer and notebook, but I use the same source files on both.
As I stated originally, all my FWH based code is in one folder, and there is only one set of files. There is no need to have multiple source code sets for the various builds.
Tim
