Compile 32bit and 64bit projects at the same time

Question

i use Visual Studio 2010 and have a problem. I have a solution with 15 projects and more, some of them should only compiled as 64bit, other only as 32 bit. For example

MySolution

• MyClient
• MyClientFramework
• MyServer
• MyServerFramework
• MyUtils ...

MyClient references MyClientFramework and MyUtils and should compile as 32bit. MyServer references MyServerFramework and MyUtils and should compile as 64bit. Actual I only can compile the 64bit projects, then change the configuration and compile the 32bit projects. I want to compile and debug the whole solution at the same time. How the *.csproj files have to configured?

Answer 1

There is a Batch Build entry under Build button, you can use that. It will offer to select the needed projects and configurations. The downside is that Batch Build does not allow adding new entries, so in case if you need a 32bit and 64bit instance of the same project at once you may need to call msbuild from the command line directly and specify the project and needed targets (see reference here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms164311.aspx ).