How to Detect if I m Compiling Code with a particular Visual Studio version

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Is there any way to know if I m compiling under a specific Microsoft Visual Studio version

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MSC VER should be defined to a specific version number   You can either  ifdef on it  or you can use the actual define and do a runtime test    If for some reason you wanted to run different code based on what compiler it was compiled with   Yeah  probably you were looking for the  ifdef

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By using the  MSC VER macro

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As a more general answer http   sourceforge net p predef wiki Home  maintains a list of macros for detecting specicic compilers  operating systems  architectures  standards and more

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MSC VER and possibly  MSC FULL VER is what you need  You can also examine visualc hpp in any recent boost install for some usage examples   Some values for the more recent versions of the compiler are   MSVC   14 24  MSC VER    1924  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 4  MSVC   14 23  MSC VER    1923  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 3  MSVC   14 22  MSC VER    1922  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 2  MSVC   14 21  MSC VER    1921  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 1  MSVC   14 2   MSC VER    1920  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 0  MSVC   14 16  MSC VER    1916  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 9  MSVC   14 15  MSC VER    1915  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 8  MSVC   14 14  MSC VER    1914  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 7  MSVC   14 13  MSC VER    1913  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 6  MSVC   14 12  MSC VER    1912  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 5  MSVC   14 11  MSC VER    1911  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 3  MSVC   14 1   MSC VER    1910  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 0  MSVC   14 0   MSC VER    1900  Visual Studio 2015 version 14 0  MSVC   12 0   MSC VER    1800  Visual Studio 2013 version 12 0  MSVC   11 0   MSC VER    1700  Visual Studio 2012 version 11 0  MSVC   10 0   MSC VER    1600  Visual Studio 2010 version 10 0  MSVC   9 0    MSC FULL VER    150030729  Visual Studio 2008  SP1  MSVC   9 0    MSC VER    1500  Visual Studio 2008 version 9 0  MSVC   8 0    MSC VER    1400  Visual Studio 2005 version 8 0  MSVC   7 1    MSC VER    1310  Visual Studio  NET 2003 version 7 1  MSVC   7 0    MSC VER    1300  Visual Studio  NET 2002 version 7 0  MSVC   6 0    MSC VER    1200  Visual Studio 6 0 version 6 0  MSVC   5 0    MSC VER    1100  Visual Studio 97 version 5 0    The version number above of course refers to the major version of your Visual studio you see in the about box  not to the year in the name   A thorough list can be found here  Starting recently  Visual Studio will start updating its ranges monotonically  meaning you should check ranges  rather than exact compiler values   cl exe    will give a hint of the used version  e g    c  program files  x86  microsoft visual studio 11 0 vc bin gt cl    Microsoft  R  C C   Optimizing Compiler Version 17 00 50727 1 for x86

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This is a little old but should get you started                                                                                       Automated platform detection                                                                                       WIN32 is used by    Visual C    ifdef  WIN32  define   NT    endif     Define   MAC   platform indicator  ifdef macintosh  define   MAC    endif     Define   OSX   platform indicator  ifdef   APPLE    define   OSX    endif     Define   WIN16   platform indicator   ifdef  Windows   ifndef   NT    define   WIN16    endif  endif     Define Windows CE platform indicator  ifdef WIN32 PLATFORM HPCPRO  define   WINCE    endif   if   WIN32 WCE    300     for Pocket PC  define   POCKETPC    define   WINCE      if   WIN32 WCE    211     for Palm-size PC 2 11  Wyvern     if   WIN32 WCE    201     for Palm-size PC 2 01  Gryphon       ifdef WIN32 PLATFORM HPC2000    for H PC 2000  Galileo   endif

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MSC VER should be defined to a specific version number   You can either  ifdef on it  or you can use the actual define and do a runtime test    If for some reason you wanted to run different code based on what compiler it was compiled with   Yeah  probably you were looking for the  ifdef

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Yep  MSC VER is the macro that ll get you the compiler version   The last number of releases of Visual C   have been of the form  lt compiler-major-version gt  00  lt build-number gt   where 00 is the minor number   So  MSC VER will evaluate to  lt major-version gt  lt minor-version gt    You can use code like this    if   MSC VER    1500            Do VC9 Visual Studio 2008 specific stuff  elif   MSC VER    1600            Do VC10 Visual Studio 2010 specific stuff  elif   MSC VER    1700            Do VC11 Visual Studio 2012 specific stuff  endif   It appears updates between successive releases of the compiler  have not modified the compiler-minor-version  so the following code is not required    if   MSC VER  gt   1500  amp  amp   MSC VER  lt   1600            Do VC9 Visual Studio 2008 specific stuff  endif   Access to more detailed versioning information  such as compiler build number  can be found using other builtin pre-processor variables here

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MSC VER and possibly  MSC FULL VER is what you need  You can also examine visualc hpp in any recent boost install for some usage examples   Some values for the more recent versions of the compiler are   MSVC   14 24  MSC VER    1924  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 4  MSVC   14 23  MSC VER    1923  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 3  MSVC   14 22  MSC VER    1922  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 2  MSVC   14 21  MSC VER    1921  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 1  MSVC   14 2   MSC VER    1920  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 0  MSVC   14 16  MSC VER    1916  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 9  MSVC   14 15  MSC VER    1915  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 8  MSVC   14 14  MSC VER    1914  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 7  MSVC   14 13  MSC VER    1913  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 6  MSVC   14 12  MSC VER    1912  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 5  MSVC   14 11  MSC VER    1911  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 3  MSVC   14 1   MSC VER    1910  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 0  MSVC   14 0   MSC VER    1900  Visual Studio 2015 version 14 0  MSVC   12 0   MSC VER    1800  Visual Studio 2013 version 12 0  MSVC   11 0   MSC VER    1700  Visual Studio 2012 version 11 0  MSVC   10 0   MSC VER    1600  Visual Studio 2010 version 10 0  MSVC   9 0    MSC FULL VER    150030729  Visual Studio 2008  SP1  MSVC   9 0    MSC VER    1500  Visual Studio 2008 version 9 0  MSVC   8 0    MSC VER    1400  Visual Studio 2005 version 8 0  MSVC   7 1    MSC VER    1310  Visual Studio  NET 2003 version 7 1  MSVC   7 0    MSC VER    1300  Visual Studio  NET 2002 version 7 0  MSVC   6 0    MSC VER    1200  Visual Studio 6 0 version 6 0  MSVC   5 0    MSC VER    1100  Visual Studio 97 version 5 0    The version number above of course refers to the major version of your Visual studio you see in the about box  not to the year in the name   A thorough list can be found here  Starting recently  Visual Studio will start updating its ranges monotonically  meaning you should check ranges  rather than exact compiler values   cl exe    will give a hint of the used version  e g    c  program files  x86  microsoft visual studio 11 0 vc bin gt cl    Microsoft  R  C C   Optimizing Compiler Version 17 00 50727 1 for x86

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In visual studio  go to help   about and look at the version of Visual Studio that you re using to compile your app

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In visual studio  go to help   about and look at the version of Visual Studio that you re using to compile your app

User · Answer

This is a little old but should get you started                                                                                       Automated platform detection                                                                                       WIN32 is used by    Visual C    ifdef  WIN32  define   NT    endif     Define   MAC   platform indicator  ifdef macintosh  define   MAC    endif     Define   OSX   platform indicator  ifdef   APPLE    define   OSX    endif     Define   WIN16   platform indicator   ifdef  Windows   ifndef   NT    define   WIN16    endif  endif     Define Windows CE platform indicator  ifdef WIN32 PLATFORM HPCPRO  define   WINCE    endif   if   WIN32 WCE    300     for Pocket PC  define   POCKETPC    define   WINCE      if   WIN32 WCE    211     for Palm-size PC 2 11  Wyvern     if   WIN32 WCE    201     for Palm-size PC 2 01  Gryphon       ifdef WIN32 PLATFORM HPC2000    for H PC 2000  Galileo   endif

User · Answer

MSC VER should be defined to a specific version number   You can either  ifdef on it  or you can use the actual define and do a runtime test    If for some reason you wanted to run different code based on what compiler it was compiled with   Yeah  probably you were looking for the  ifdef

User · Answer

By using the  MSC VER macro

User · Answer

This is a little old but should get you started                                                                                       Automated platform detection                                                                                       WIN32 is used by    Visual C    ifdef  WIN32  define   NT    endif     Define   MAC   platform indicator  ifdef macintosh  define   MAC    endif     Define   OSX   platform indicator  ifdef   APPLE    define   OSX    endif     Define   WIN16   platform indicator   ifdef  Windows   ifndef   NT    define   WIN16    endif  endif     Define Windows CE platform indicator  ifdef WIN32 PLATFORM HPCPRO  define   WINCE    endif   if   WIN32 WCE    300     for Pocket PC  define   POCKETPC    define   WINCE      if   WIN32 WCE    211     for Palm-size PC 2 11  Wyvern     if   WIN32 WCE    201     for Palm-size PC 2 01  Gryphon       ifdef WIN32 PLATFORM HPC2000    for H PC 2000  Galileo   endif

User · Answer

In visual studio  go to help   about and look at the version of Visual Studio that you re using to compile your app

User · Answer

By using the  MSC VER macro

User · Answer

Yep  MSC VER is the macro that ll get you the compiler version   The last number of releases of Visual C   have been of the form  lt compiler-major-version gt  00  lt build-number gt   where 00 is the minor number   So  MSC VER will evaluate to  lt major-version gt  lt minor-version gt    You can use code like this    if   MSC VER    1500            Do VC9 Visual Studio 2008 specific stuff  elif   MSC VER    1600            Do VC10 Visual Studio 2010 specific stuff  elif   MSC VER    1700            Do VC11 Visual Studio 2012 specific stuff  endif   It appears updates between successive releases of the compiler  have not modified the compiler-minor-version  so the following code is not required    if   MSC VER  gt   1500  amp  amp   MSC VER  lt   1600            Do VC9 Visual Studio 2008 specific stuff  endif   Access to more detailed versioning information  such as compiler build number  can be found using other builtin pre-processor variables here

User · Answer

This is a little old but should get you started                                                                                       Automated platform detection                                                                                       WIN32 is used by    Visual C    ifdef  WIN32  define   NT    endif     Define   MAC   platform indicator  ifdef macintosh  define   MAC    endif     Define   OSX   platform indicator  ifdef   APPLE    define   OSX    endif     Define   WIN16   platform indicator   ifdef  Windows   ifndef   NT    define   WIN16    endif  endif     Define Windows CE platform indicator  ifdef WIN32 PLATFORM HPCPRO  define   WINCE    endif   if   WIN32 WCE    300     for Pocket PC  define   POCKETPC    define   WINCE      if   WIN32 WCE    211     for Palm-size PC 2 11  Wyvern     if   WIN32 WCE    201     for Palm-size PC 2 01  Gryphon       ifdef WIN32 PLATFORM HPC2000    for H PC 2000  Galileo   endif

User · Answer

MSC VER should be defined to a specific version number   You can either  ifdef on it  or you can use the actual define and do a runtime test    If for some reason you wanted to run different code based on what compiler it was compiled with   Yeah  probably you were looking for the  ifdef

User · Answer

As a more general answer http   sourceforge net p predef wiki Home  maintains a list of macros for detecting specicic compilers  operating systems  architectures  standards and more

User · Answer

In visual studio  go to help   about and look at the version of Visual Studio that you re using to compile your app

User · Answer

MSC VER and possibly  MSC FULL VER is what you need  You can also examine visualc hpp in any recent boost install for some usage examples   Some values for the more recent versions of the compiler are   MSVC   14 24  MSC VER    1924  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 4  MSVC   14 23  MSC VER    1923  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 3  MSVC   14 22  MSC VER    1922  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 2  MSVC   14 21  MSC VER    1921  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 1  MSVC   14 2   MSC VER    1920  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 0  MSVC   14 16  MSC VER    1916  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 9  MSVC   14 15  MSC VER    1915  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 8  MSVC   14 14  MSC VER    1914  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 7  MSVC   14 13  MSC VER    1913  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 6  MSVC   14 12  MSC VER    1912  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 5  MSVC   14 11  MSC VER    1911  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 3  MSVC   14 1   MSC VER    1910  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 0  MSVC   14 0   MSC VER    1900  Visual Studio 2015 version 14 0  MSVC   12 0   MSC VER    1800  Visual Studio 2013 version 12 0  MSVC   11 0   MSC VER    1700  Visual Studio 2012 version 11 0  MSVC   10 0   MSC VER    1600  Visual Studio 2010 version 10 0  MSVC   9 0    MSC FULL VER    150030729  Visual Studio 2008  SP1  MSVC   9 0    MSC VER    1500  Visual Studio 2008 version 9 0  MSVC   8 0    MSC VER    1400  Visual Studio 2005 version 8 0  MSVC   7 1    MSC VER    1310  Visual Studio  NET 2003 version 7 1  MSVC   7 0    MSC VER    1300  Visual Studio  NET 2002 version 7 0  MSVC   6 0    MSC VER    1200  Visual Studio 6 0 version 6 0  MSVC   5 0    MSC VER    1100  Visual Studio 97 version 5 0    The version number above of course refers to the major version of your Visual studio you see in the about box  not to the year in the name   A thorough list can be found here  Starting recently  Visual Studio will start updating its ranges monotonically  meaning you should check ranges  rather than exact compiler values   cl exe    will give a hint of the used version  e g    c  program files  x86  microsoft visual studio 11 0 vc bin gt cl    Microsoft  R  C C   Optimizing Compiler Version 17 00 50727 1 for x86

User · Answer

By using the  MSC VER macro

User · Answer

MSC VER and possibly  MSC FULL VER is what you need  You can also examine visualc hpp in any recent boost install for some usage examples   Some values for the more recent versions of the compiler are   MSVC   14 24  MSC VER    1924  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 4  MSVC   14 23  MSC VER    1923  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 3  MSVC   14 22  MSC VER    1922  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 2  MSVC   14 21  MSC VER    1921  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 1  MSVC   14 2   MSC VER    1920  Visual Studio 2019 version 16 0  MSVC   14 16  MSC VER    1916  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 9  MSVC   14 15  MSC VER    1915  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 8  MSVC   14 14  MSC VER    1914  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 7  MSVC   14 13  MSC VER    1913  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 6  MSVC   14 12  MSC VER    1912  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 5  MSVC   14 11  MSC VER    1911  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 3  MSVC   14 1   MSC VER    1910  Visual Studio 2017 version 15 0  MSVC   14 0   MSC VER    1900  Visual Studio 2015 version 14 0  MSVC   12 0   MSC VER    1800  Visual Studio 2013 version 12 0  MSVC   11 0   MSC VER    1700  Visual Studio 2012 version 11 0  MSVC   10 0   MSC VER    1600  Visual Studio 2010 version 10 0  MSVC   9 0    MSC FULL VER    150030729  Visual Studio 2008  SP1  MSVC   9 0    MSC VER    1500  Visual Studio 2008 version 9 0  MSVC   8 0    MSC VER    1400  Visual Studio 2005 version 8 0  MSVC   7 1    MSC VER    1310  Visual Studio  NET 2003 version 7 1  MSVC   7 0    MSC VER    1300  Visual Studio  NET 2002 version 7 0  MSVC   6 0    MSC VER    1200  Visual Studio 6 0 version 6 0  MSVC   5 0    MSC VER    1100  Visual Studio 97 version 5 0    The version number above of course refers to the major version of your Visual studio you see in the about box  not to the year in the name   A thorough list can be found here  Starting recently  Visual Studio will start updating its ranges monotonically  meaning you should check ranges  rather than exact compiler values   cl exe    will give a hint of the used version  e g    c  program files  x86  microsoft visual studio 11 0 vc bin gt cl    Microsoft  R  C C   Optimizing Compiler Version 17 00 50727 1 for x86

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