Using Visual Studio project properties effectively for multiple projects and configurations

Question

I have always used Visual Studios built in GUI support for configuring my projects, often using property sheets so that several projects will use a common set.

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Answer 1

I made some improvements, may be useful for somebody

  
    
    $([System.Convert]::ToString( $([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::IsMatch($(Configuration), '[Dd]ebug'))))

    
    x86
    x64

    
    $(registry:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MyCompany\@BUILD_DIR)
  

  
    
      
      
        Debug
        -d
      
    
    
      
      
        Release
        
      
    
  

  
    
      
        $(BUILD_DIR)\Bin\$(MyOutDirBase)_$(ShortPlatform)\
        $(BUILD_DIR)\Build\$(Configuration)_$(ShortPlatform)_$(PlatformToolset)\$(ProjectGuid)\
      
    
    
      
        $(SolutionDir)\Bin\$(MyOutDirBase)_$(ShortPlatform)\
        $(SolutionDir)\Build\$(Configuration)_$(ShortPlatform)_$(PlatformToolset)\$(ProjectGuid)\
      
    
  

  
    $(MyOutDir)
    $(MyIntDir)
 
  

have fun!