I was having a look at $(Configuration),$(ProjectDir) etc. in Visual Studio 2008 for Prebuild events.
Is there a link to all of these varia
To add to the other answers, note that property sheets can be configured for the project, creating custom project-specific parameters.
To access or create them navigate to(at least in Visual Studio 2013) View -> Other Windows -> Property Manager. You can also find them in the source folder as .prop files