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Understanding Build Platforms

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You can store different versions of solution and project properties that apply to different target platforms. For example, you can create a Debug configuration that targets an x86 platform and a Debug configuration that targets an x64 platform. You can quickly change the active platform so that you can easily build multiple configurations.

In This Section

How to: Configure Projects to Target Platforms Explains how to configure a project to target a specific platform.

How to: Configure Projects to Target Multiple Platforms Explains how to configure a project to target multiple platforms.

See Also

Walkthrough: Building an Application Building and Cleaning Projects and Solutions in Visual Studio Compiling and Building