

You can view and edit the project's properties in its property page. In the Application Settings page, provide the command, output, clean, and rebuild information for debug and retail builds.Ĭhoose Finish to close the wizard and open the newly created project in Solution Explorer. Or, in the New Project dialog box, expand Visual C++ > General (Visual Studio 2015) or Other (Visual Studio 2017) and then select Makefile Project in the Templates pane to open the project wizard. To create a makefile project in Visual Studio 2015 or Visual Studio 2017įrom the Visual Studio start page, type "makefile" in the New Project search box. Your makefile still controls the build process and specifies the build targets.

The output file that you specify in the project has no effect on the name that the build script generates. The makefile project specifies the build settings, which are reflected in the project's property page. You can then use this project to build your code in Visual Studio.īy default, the makefile project displays no files in Solution Explorer. In Visual Studio 2017 and later, the Makefile project template is available when the C++ Desktop Development workload is installed.įollow the wizard to specify the commands and environment used by your makefile. To create a makefile project with the makefile project template

