To those who afraid to upgrade their solution to higher IDE version with multi processor compilation, and wants to benefit the power of "multi processor compilation" in our legacy Visual studio 2003.
What to expect:
Pre-requisite:
Once Installed, you may verify that the "Incredibuild"is present in your visual studio 2017 toolbar.
Before clicking the 'Incredibuild', make sure you have a solution loaded (In Visual studio 2017, any solution will do, you can close this later once the add-on is installed), and then click rebuild from within the IncrediBuild menu which is now displayed within Visual Studio. This will start the installation wizard.
In this guide, we will choose "Activate Incredibuild locally",
Grab your free trial license by clicking on the link:
Once you downloaded it, click Next.
Click on "Load License File" and navigate to the folder in which you copied the IncrediBuild license file you received .
Click "Next" once you successfully load your license file.
Lastly, Open your "Visual studio 2003" IDE and verify that the "Incredibuild" is present in your old 2003 IDE toolbar.
Build your solution or project in "Visual studio 2003" using Incredibuild, and see the difference.
Sample build on a Quad core processor (more core, much faster compilation):
Notes to remember:
- Don't worry if your license is a 30-days trial only, you can still use the Incredibuild locally, actually Incredibuild locally is enough for our solution here in ran community, but if you need a more faster build times using remote computer, consider purchasing a license.
Credits (original guide) and advance guide (if you need the power of your unused computer)
[Update]
(Direct Installer, To those who doesn't have a visual studio 2017 installer, thanks to @Dheluxe and lars)
Installation instructions:
What to expect:
- visual studio 2003 will build your solution, 30x much faster.
- More core you have, much faster.
Pre-requisite:
- Your old visual studio 2003 IDE.
- Visual studio 2017 - 2019 (any of these)
Once Installed, you may verify that the "Incredibuild"is present in your visual studio 2017 toolbar.
Before clicking the 'Incredibuild', make sure you have a solution loaded (In Visual studio 2017, any solution will do, you can close this later once the add-on is installed), and then click rebuild from within the IncrediBuild menu which is now displayed within Visual Studio. This will start the installation wizard.
In this guide, we will choose "Activate Incredibuild locally",
Grab your free trial license by clicking on the link:
You must be registered to see links
(Incredibuild will send your free dev license to your e-mail)Once you downloaded it, click Next.
Click on "Load License File" and navigate to the folder in which you copied the IncrediBuild license file you received .
Click "Next" once you successfully load your license file.
Lastly, Open your "Visual studio 2003" IDE and verify that the "Incredibuild" is present in your old 2003 IDE toolbar.
Build your solution or project in "Visual studio 2003" using Incredibuild, and see the difference.
Sample build on a Quad core processor (more core, much faster compilation):
Notes to remember:
- Don't worry if your license is a 30-days trial only, you can still use the Incredibuild locally, actually Incredibuild locally is enough for our solution here in ran community, but if you need a more faster build times using remote computer, consider purchasing a license.
Credits (original guide) and advance guide (if you need the power of your unused computer)
You must be registered to see links
You must be registered to see links
[Update]
(Direct Installer, To those who doesn't have a visual studio 2017 installer, thanks to @Dheluxe and lars)
You must be registered to see links
Installation instructions:
You must be registered to see links
Tip: If you can't see the Incredibuild menu on your VS2003 IDE, this is most likely because the add-in is not enabled. (By default i guess?)
To enable go to your Agent (tray Icon *Green Arrow* of some sort) -> Visual Studio Add-In -> tick the box for VS2003.
You must be registered to see links
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