VS_guide.md

Visual Studio Tutorial

Using VS with CMake is a bit different story, please read this tutorial if you are going to use VS.

Installing Visual Studio

Go to the VS download page and download the installer.

Follow the instructions and select (at least) the C++ desktop development tools, this includes CMake support:

Opening the Gnuplot++ project

Open VS and select "Continue Without Code"

Then select File->Open->CMake... and open the Gnuplot++ folder:

Manage configurations

VS support multiple configurations, you can change them:

You will see something like this:

You can change settings using the cmake variables table.

Now we need to set the install folder. Click on Show advanced settings:

Now set your favourite install location for libraries:

Add the install folder to PATH

Add the following entries to the system PATH:

your_libraries_install_folder/lib
your_libraries_install_folder/lib/cmake
your_libraries_install_folder/bin

Build the library:

To build the library, select Build->Build All:

Install the library:

Select Build->Install gnuplotpp.

Using the library from an external project

Create a new CMake project as described in BuildAndInstall, use the above steps to open the new project and you are ready to go!

Note that to run an executable target you can click the Run button, for example: