= !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 [wiki:MapGuideRfcs RFCs] page.


== Status ==

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||Submission Date||May 17, 2013||
||Last Modified||Andy Zhang May 24, 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 ==

 * All solution and project files in the trunk will be upgraded to Visual Studio 2012 format.
 * All code will be recompiled and code changes made as appropriate. 
 * All unit tests will be run and must pass before the above changes can be submitted. 
 * We will add configurations such as 'Release v100' and 'Debug v100' which use platform toolset 'Visual Studio 2010 (v100)' for those who want to use Visual Studio 2010.

== Implications ==

 * We will no longer support Visual Studio 2008. This should not be an issue because the Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop is available.
 * PHP and Apache will also require VS2012 recompilation. It will be handled in seperate RFCs.

== Test Plan ==

!Build/Run on Windows and Linux. 

== Funding / Resources ==

Supplied by Autodesk.