"Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe there is a way in VS 2005 using the VS 2005 SDK, the IVsPathVariableResolver interface,
> ResolvePath method, but it is not easy and I couldn´t make it work, so you can try with the
> environment variables.
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
> MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio
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> "Mitch Gallant" <jensigner@community.nospam> escribió en el mensaje
> news:e0TkYyhNGHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Simple starter question (since I only used Visual Studio 6):
>>
>> In VS 2005 Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions
>> under the VC++ Directories, Executable files etc..,
>> all the configuration paths are specified as Macros for
>> properties that expand into strings, such as:
>> $(FrameworkSDKDir)bin
>>
>> Is there a simple way to expand these (and other fixed Macros) to show the
>> full paths? Are these Macro values just the environment variables?
>>
>> - Mitch
>>
>>
>
>

> Simple starter question (since I only used Visual Studio 6):
>
> In VS 2005 Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions
> under the VC++ Directories, Executable files etc..,
> all the configuration paths are specified as Macros for
> properties that expand into strings, such as:
> $(FrameworkSDKDir)bin
>
> Is there a simple way to expand these (and other fixed Macros) to show the
> full paths? Are these Macro values just the environment variables?
>
> - Mitch
>
>

http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vccomp/html/f8e96635-0906-47b0-9f56-12a6fdf5e347.aspBut it would be nice to be able to directly see their values (without having to shell to commandprompt and execute Set to see the envars).- Mitch"Mitch Gallant" <jensigner@community.nospam> wrote in messagenews:OaT$QbjNGHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...> Thanks Carlos,> I wasn't referring to accessing that information programatically, but> simply MANUALLY ...> There has GOT to be an easy way to do that! manually.> I would have thought that Right-Clicking an entry in the listings> would have presented an option to "Expand macro string" or> something like that.>> -- Mitch>> "Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in messagenews:uOF59DjNGHA.2472@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...>> Maybe there is a way in VS 2005 using the VS 2005 SDK, the IVsPathVariableResolver interface,ResolvePath method, but it is not easy and I couldn´t make it work, so you can try with theenvironment variables.>>>> -->>>> Best regards,>>>> Carlos J. Quintero>>>> MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio>> You can code, design and document much faster:>> http://www.mztools.com>>>>>> "Mitch Gallant" <jensigner@community.nospam> escribió en el mensajenews:e0TkYyhNGHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...>>> Simple starter question (since I only used Visual Studio 6):>>>>>> In VS 2005 Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions>>> under the VC++ Directories, Executable files etc..,>>> all the configuration paths are specified as Macros for>>> properties that expand into strings, such as:>>> $(FrameworkSDKDir)bin>>>>>> Is there a simple way to expand these (and other fixed Macros) to show the>>> full paths? Are these Macro values just the environment variables?>>>>>> - Mitch>>>>>>>>>>>>