MapGuide RFC 135 - Support Visual Studio 2012

This page contains a change request (RFC) for the MapGuide Open Source project. More MapGuide RFCs can be found on the RFCs page.

Status

RFC Template Version	(1.0)
Submission Date	May 17, 2013
Last Modified	Andy Zhang May 17, 2013
Author	Andy Zhang
RFC Status	Ready for review
Implementation Status	(pending, under development, completed)
Proposed Milestone	2.6
Assigned PSC guide(s)	(when determined)
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Overview

This RFC updates MapGuide to support Visual Studio 2012.

Motivation

Supporting the new Visual Studio 2012 will allow a developer to take advantage of the IDE improvements.

Proposed Solution

• In order to support Visual Studio 2012 new solution and project files will need to be added.
• The Visual Studio 2012 solution files use the same extension as those used by Visual Studio 2010 and so new filenames will need to be used.
• The Visual Studio 2012 project files use the same extension as those used by Visual Studio 2010 and so new filenames will need to be used.
• The proposed new Visual Studio 2012 solution filenames will add "_vs12" to the already existing solution filenames. Example: server_vs12.sln
• The proposed new Visual Studio 2012 project filenames will add "_vs12" to the already existing project filenames. Example: !ServerManager_vs12.vcxproj

Implications

The existing Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 support will not be changing. Changes to solution files and project files would require that all sets be maintained.

Test Plan

Build/Run on Windows and Linux.

Funding / Resources

Supplied by Autodesk.