What are .sln and .vcproj files, and what do they contain?

Question

I\'m new in the world of Visual Studio. Can somebody please explain what these two files contain? I know that one of them contains info about project, but what about the other o

Answer 1

A project file .vcproj / .vcxproj contains settings on how to compile your code into a DLL or a binary file, or something else that the linker can assemble into one unit. A project file is just an xml file that contains compiler settings, linker settings, and describes which files you want to compile.

A solution file *.slnis a text file that groups together multiple project files.

So if you think of it like a tree, then you have got a good mental picture of it like this:

.sln
   .vcproj
      .h
      .h
      .cpp
      .cpp
   .vcxproj
      .h
      .h
      .cpp
      .cpp
   .csproj
      .cs