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Asked: 2026-05-18T02:55:05+00:00

This one may be a bit strange. I have a solution in Visual Studio

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This one may be a bit strange. I have a solution in Visual Studio 2010 with three C++ projects. Two libraries and one executable application. Two configurations. In one configuration, I need the executable application to have a project dependency on one library, in the other configuration I need the executable application to have a project dependency on other library.

With specifics, there’s a Direct3D9 implementation in the first library and an OpenGL implementation in the second library. The third project is a test harness that uses the same interface for both, the only difference is which library it links to. Two configurations exist in the test harness project, one for each implementation. I can not set the test harness project to depend on each implementation library individually based on active configuration.

How can I make the project dependencies configuration-specific?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Is the C++ project format msbuild? If so, you should just be able to put a condition on the reference. Reference both projects and then edit the project file and add a condition on each one. This is how it would work in a C# project, not sure if c++ is the same:

    <ProjectReference Include="..\DirectXLib\DirectXLib.csproj" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'DirectX' ">
  <Project>{99999-9999-9999-9999-99999999999}</Project>
  <Name>DirectXLib</Name>
</ProjectReference>
<ProjectReference Include="..\OpenGLLib\OpenGLLib.csproj" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'OpenGL' ">
  <Project>{99999-9999-9999-9999-99999999999}</Project>
  <Name>OpenGLLib</Name>
</ProjectReference>
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