It’s 11 years later than when this question was originally asked. I am using VS 2019 if in the event you want to assign variables in your event like…. set ABC=123 Then you can’t use $(ABC) as the $(ABC) is processed before it is handed to the command line to run. You must use %ABC% … Read more
For copying a files to the output directory in Visual Studio 2003 you could use Post-Build event: Right click on the project->Properties Common Properties->Build Events Set Post-Build Event Command Line to: xcopy /y $(ProjectDir)my_file.ini $(ProjectDir)$(OutDir) OK and build!
That’s not how this works. You replace the two operators, and this is done at link time. All you need to do is write a single TU that defines these operators and link it into the mix. Nobody else ever needs to know about this: // optional_ops.cpp void * operator new(std::size_t n) throw(std::bad_alloc) { //… … Read more