DLL Incremental Build

[gia]

So I'm tired of the extremely long waits compiling, I activated incremental builds, but apparently it does nothing, anyone have an idea how to only recompile whats updated and not the whole project? Do I have to turn off optimization?

 

[whoward69]

The project as set up out-of-the-box will only recompile what is required. If you edit a single .cpp file, it will only recompile that file (and then relink everything). However, if you edit a .h file, as every .cpp includes every .h file (via the .pch file) it will be forced to recompile everything.

 

[gia]

The project as set up out-of-the-box will only recompile what is required. If you edit a single .cpp file, it will only recompile that file (and then relink everything). However, if you edit a .h file, as every .cpp includes every .h file (via the .pch file) it will be forced to recompile everything.

thats what I expect, but no, it is recompiling everything every single time... vs 2008 express, maybe ms did that so I am forced to buy?

minimal rebuild was turned off on the default project as I was the one that turned it on, and incremental build (linker) is also off, but cant be turned on because one of the libraries has /GL on

 

[whoward69]

Have used express versions of VS-2008, VS-2010 and now VS-2015 to compile, and it's always done just what's necessary.

The issue is most likely with your specific setup, and not with VS