How can I use CodeBlocks with the most recent versions of the VC++ compiler?

Question

I need to use C::B with a recent version of MS VC++ compiler like the ones in VS2015 or VS2017, and eventually future ones, but C::B does not offer such option. The most recent

Answer 1

Below are compiler options entries for MSVC 2015 installation on Windows 7 when compiling a "plain" C++ console application (no CLI) for a x86 target machine:

INCLUDE=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\include
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\atlmfc\include
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\shared
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\winrt

LIB [x86]=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\lib
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\atlmfc\lib
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.10240.0\ucrt\x86
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\lib\winv6.3\um\x86
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\Lib\um\x86

LIBPATH=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\atlmfc\lib
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\lib

I added INCLUDE and LIB to search directories for compiler and linker, respectively, and everything worked in C::B for a x86 console application. I didn't experiment with x64 architecture...