How to Check Which Version of Visual Studio is Being Called
This article provides some tips for determining which version of Microsoft® Visual Studio is being called with your Intel® compiler when building a PSCAD project.
It can be unclear which version of Visual Studio is being called, for example, when multiple versions of Visual Studio are installed.
1. The PSCAD Build Messages can help to determine the version being called as follows:
- Load and try to run the following simple example in PSCAD using your preferred compiler:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\PSCAD\[version]\Examples\tutorial\vdiv.pscx
Note - For tips on setting this up, please refer to this article. - In your Build messages, review the Visual Studio being called. For example, Visual Studio 2010 is being called:
- Step 2 below can be used to decode the version number.
2. The version can be decoded as per Table 1.d of the Compatibility Charts posted here.
For example, if "14.30" is listed in the Build Messages, this refers to VS 2022.