Convert nmake makefile to Visual Studio project

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John 76

Hi all,

I tried googling to figure out how to convert a C++ nmake makefile to a Visual Studio project, but I cannot find the clue.

Please tell me how to do it by tool?

Thank you very much.

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RLWA32 49,536 Reputation points

2022-08-31T12:07:34.087+00:00

Did you read this creating-a-makefile-project
Yakup OĞUZTÜRK 1 Reputation point

2022-08-31T18:59:11.573+00:00

Hi,
have you looked at these?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line?view=msvc-170
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/sample-makefile?view=msvc-170
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/nmake-reference?view=msvc-170

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YujianYao-MSFT 4,296 Microsoft External Staff

If you want to convert nmake file into a vs project, I suggest you refer to this issue.

John 76 Reputation points

2022-09-01T06:20:40.837+00:00

Thanks, so looks like there is indeed no such tool.
YujianYao-MSFT 4,296 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-09-06T05:28:37.07+00:00

Hi @John ,

Glad to know you've found the result! Please consider accepting it as an answer to change its status to Answered. It will also help others to solve a similar issue.