Visual 2022 edit + build when?

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I love Visual Studio for editing but find it cumbersome to have to:

  1. Edit in VS
  2. Switch to NT and compile
  3. Having to click on compile errors which take me to NT
  4. Compile on NT
  5. Switch back to VS

Can we please be able to build on VS?

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I definitely agree having the ability to build the custom dll from VS would be amazing. I’m not sure how easy that would be though given how NT auto-loads the new build.

In the mean time, in case you’re not already aware, your workflow can be slightly sped up by keeping the NT Editor window open when working in VS. NT will detect the changes you make (when you save in VS) and automatically compile. And while the compile error messages are only in the NT Editor, VS should still give you the red error underline/highlight on most errors.

I tend to edit in VS, save my work, and wait for the NT compile. If I don’t hear the “build complete” chime then I know to go looking for errors.

It’s not ideal, but it does minimize the need to switch back and forth.

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Thank you for the insight, I’ll try it out!

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I just make sure I hit save, NT is always open while I change code, and on the editor window it shows the icon that it’s compiling.