I am trying to use Visual Studio 2012 to build a C++ CLI application targeting .NET 3.5.
I've already gotten this working on one machine, by installing Visual Studio 2008, and specifying the v90 platform toolset.
Now I am attempting this on a new machine, and I've installed Visual Studio 2008, then Visual Studio 2012.
Now I get this incredibly frustrating error:
Error 81 error MSB8020: The builds tools for Visual Studio 2008
(Platform Toolset = 'v90') cannot be found. To build using the v90
build tools, either click the Project menu or right-click the
solution, and then select "Update VC++ Projects…". Install Visual
Studio 2008 to build using the Visual Studio 2008 build
tools. C:\Program Files
(x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.Cpp.Platform.targets 43 5 WinApiWrapper
(Visual Studio 2008)
Why WOULDN'T Visual Studio 2012 be able to find Visual Studio 2008. Is there any way I can help it?
Best Answer
It turns out that you ALSO have to install Visual Studio 2010.
Once I installed Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012 was able to detect the Visual Studio 2008 build tools.
It seems absolutely crazy, but there you go.