#visual-studio #build #path #win-sdk #system #env-var #build-script #vswhere

build msbuild

Allows builds to run msbuild for visual studio projects

2 unstable releases

0.2.0 Aug 29, 2025
0.1.0 Apr 9, 2024

#270 in Build Utils

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Used in 2 crates (via wolfssl-sys)

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The msbuild crate

This crates provides the functionality of finding the msbuild binary on the system.

Environment Variables

  • The VS_WHERE_PATH environment variable can be used in order overwrite the default path where the crate tries to locate the vswhere.exe binary.

  • The VS_INSTALLATION_PATH environment variable can be used in order to overwrite specify a path to Visual Studio Note! The path must still lead to a binary the fulfills the version requirements otherwise the crate will try to probe the system for a suitable version.

  • The WIN_SDK_PATH environment variable can be used in order to to overwrite in what location the library will search for WinSDK installations.

Dependencies

~18–27MB
~345K SLoC