Hi,
i am using VC8. when i do cl following is the output:
S:\build>cl
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50215.44 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]
S:\build>which cl
d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN/cl.exe
S:\SS2.7Projects\SchedulingService\v2.7.7.0\build>
_MSC_VER gives me 1400 but i want the value '50215' out of '14.00.50215.44'. is it possible how
Thanks,
Chanakya

Compiler version info
Krishnan Margabandhu
Here's what I said, in case it matters.
If you can get a hold of sed.exe, you can do the following:
cl 2>&1 | findstr (R) | sed s/.*14\.00\.// | sed s/\..*//
2>&1 turns stderr into stdout, we pick out the copyright line, and then strip the characters before and after the version number.
e.g.
cl 2>&1 | findstr (R) | sed s/.*14\.00\.// | sed s/\..*//
50215
If you want to assume less about the format, you can refine the regular expressions.
To get it: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
To understand it: http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/sed.html
Brian
VicIbar
i tried the macro for VS 2005 beta 2
C:\build>cl
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50215.44 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]
C:\build>devenv ..\..\..\msc_full_ver\msc_full_ver.sln /build "Debug"
Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 8.0.50215.44.
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2005. All rights reserved.
------ Build started: Project: msc_full_ver, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
Compiling...
stdafx.cpp
Compiling...
msc_full_ver.cpp
Compiling manifest to resources...
Linking...
Embedding manifest...
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Sched_Q4_MR1_ICC\msc_full_ver\msc_full_ver\Deb
ug\BuildLog.htm"
msc_full_ver - 0 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
C:\build>C:\Sched_Q4_MR1_ICC\msc_full_ver\msc_full_ver\Debug\msc_full_ver.exe
140050215
also tried for PSDK April 2005
C:\build>which cl
C:\Program Files\MicrosoftPSDK_1830\Bin\Win64/cl.exe
C:\build>cl
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.40310.39 for IA-64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]
C:\\build>..\..\..\msc_full_ver\Debug\msc_full_ver.exe
13103077
why is it coming different in case of PSDK
MTennants
Jay 2k
Beta 2 == 50215 == 2005/02/15
PSDK == 40310 == 2004/03/10
The x64 and IPF tools in the PSDK are really old.
mylaputa
Thanks,
Ayman Shoukry
VC++ Team