Visual Studio Express 2013: How to create a project with existing C ++ source files?

Question

There have been many discussions on this topic, but there is still no concrete answer about this, or at least I cannot find it. I can’t find the option File-> New-> Project from existing files . I already have the source files and, to take advantage of some tools in visual studio express, I installed a trial version of 2013 and even played with it a bit and searched it on the Internet . I did not find this option. Is there any possible way to create a project with source files like this in the 2013 version? or do i need to install an older version?

Suggestions / Comments / Solutions .. Please

Answer 1

You can try to create an empty project and then import files into it. Not sure if the version you are using can do this. Otherwise, create a new project and new source files and copy / paste the code (this is not a great solution).

Answer 2

In Visual Studio Express 2013, I found that I was able to export an existing project as a template, and then build a new project from this template.

File → Export template then File → New project and saved template are available for selection.

Answer 3

According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/754c3hy7.aspx "This option (File-> Create-> Project from existing files) is not available in Visual Studio Express editions ...", so the short answer will be "not"

@JBentley - The OP asked if he could perform a “like this” task, where “this” means “using File-> New-> Project from existing files”.