Meaning of $(OutDir)

Question

I was looking in the properties of my visual studio project and saw the following:

$(OutDir)\\$(ProjectName).exe

I was curious how does vis

Answer 1

$(OutDir) is a Visual Studio Build Property Macro.

You can see the values of macros using the Macros >> button in many Properties dialogs.

For instance, in Properties->General->Output Directory, click the dropdown in the value text box, choose Edit..., and in the resulting dialog, click the Macros >> button. This will give you a list of all the macros and their current values.

$(OutputDir) should be set to the output directory for the current configuration, e.g. $(SolutionDir)/$(Configuration)\.

Note that your Windows environment variables are imported as Build Property macros in your project, so in the marco list you'll see, e.g. $(Path), $(HOME), $(TEMP).