Is it possible to switch Visual Studio version?

[takase1121]

Sorry, but just wanted to ask a question. If I have both buildtools v140 (VS2015) and v150 (VS2017), can I just do npm config set msvs_version <version> to switch between them?
Since some modules need VS2015 to compile, now windows build tools defaults to VS2017. It'll be nice if node-gyp can detect it automatically and switch too. Thanks!

[joaocgreis]

@takase1121 yes, setting msvs_version to 2015 or 2017 should work well.

What modules require VS2015?

[takase1121]

better-sqlite3. I talked to the owner; he doesn't seem to have intention to retarget the project to v150 buildtools

[joaocgreis]

I can compile better-sqlite3 fine with VS2017. Perhaps you don't have the "Desktop development with C++" workload installed in Visual Studio Installer? You can run npm i better-sqlite3 --verbose to see if VS2017 is being user or why not.

[takase1121]

Now it does works right. Maybe node-gyp switched to VS2015 automatically? Since I have both VS2017 and VS2015

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> better-sqlite3@5.4.0 install C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3
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Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
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Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\better_sqlite3.vcxproj.metaproj" (2) is building "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\deps\sqlite3.vcxproj.metaproj" (3) on node 1 (default targets).
Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\deps\sqlite3.vcxproj.metaproj" (3) is building "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\deps\locate_sqlite3.vcxproj" (4) on node 1 (default targets).
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  Creating directory "Release\obj\locate_sqlite3\".
  Creating directory "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\".
  Creating directory "Release\obj\locate_sqlite3\locate_sqlite3.tlog\".
InitializeBuildStatus:
  Creating "Release\obj\locate_sqlite3\locate_sqlite3.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild" because "AlwaysCreate" was specified.
ComputeCustomBuildOutput:
  Creating directory "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\obj\global_intermediate\sqlite3\".
CustomBuild:
  extract_sqlite3
FinalizeBuildStatus:
  Deleting file "Release\obj\locate_sqlite3\locate_sqlite3.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild".
  Touching "Release\obj\locate_sqlite3\locate_sqlite3.tlog\locate_sqlite3.lastbuildstate".
Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\deps\locate_sqlite3.vcxproj" (default targets).
Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\deps\sqlite3.vcxproj.metaproj" (3) is building "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\deps\sqlite3.vcxproj" (5) on node 1 (default targets).
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  Creating directory "Release\obj\sqlite3\".
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  Creating "Release\obj\sqlite3\sqlite3.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild" because "AlwaysCreate" was specified.
ClCompile:
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  sqlite3.c
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\amd64\CL.exe /c /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\include\node" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\src" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\openssl\config" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\openssl\openssl\include" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\uv\include" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\zlib" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\v8\include" /I"C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\obj\global_intermediate\sqlite3" /Z7 /nologo /W3 /WX- /MP /Ox /Ob2 /Oi /Ot /Oy /GL /D NODE_GYP_MODULE_NAME=sqlite3 /D USING_UV_SHARED=1 /D USING_V8_SHARED=1 /D V8_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS=1 /D WIN32 /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE /D _HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0 /D SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 /D SQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0 /D SQLITE_OMIT_DEPRECATED /D SQLITE_OMIT_GET_TABLE /D SQLITE_OMIT_TCL_VARIABLE /D SQLITE_OMIT_PROGRESS_CALLBACK /D SQLITE_TRACE_SIZE_LIMIT=32 /D "SQLITE_DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE=-16000" /D SQLITE_DEFAULT_FOREIGN_KEYS=1 /D SQLITE_DEFAULT_WAL_SYNCHRONOUS=1 /D SQLITE_USE_URI=1 /D SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA /D SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT /D SQLITE_ENABLE_STAT4 /D SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS /D SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3 /D SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS4 /D SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5 /D SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1 /D SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE /D SQLITE_INTROSPECTION_PRAGMAS /D SQLITE_SOUNDEX /D NDEBUG /GF /Gm- /EHsc /MT /GS /Gy /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /GR- /Fo"Release\obj\sqlite3\\" /Fd"Release\obj\sqlite3\sqlite3.pdb" /Gd /TP /wd4351 /wd4355 /wd4800 /wd4251 /wd4275 /wd4244 /wd4267 /errorReport:queue "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\src\win_delay_load_hook.cc"
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Lib:
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  sqlite3.vcxproj -> C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\\sqlite3.lib
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  Touching "Release\obj\sqlite3\sqlite3.tlog\sqlite3.lastbuildstate".
Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\deps\sqlite3.vcxproj" (default targets).
Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\deps\sqlite3.vcxproj.metaproj" (default targets).
Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\better_sqlite3.vcxproj.metaproj" (2) is building "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\better_sqlite3.vcxproj" (6) on node 1 (default targets).
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Link:
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  "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\sqlite3.lib"
     Creating library C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\better_sqlite3.lib and object C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\better_sqlite3.exp
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  Touching "Release\obj\better_sqlite3\better_sqlite3.tlog\better_sqlite3.lastbuildstate".
Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\better_sqlite3.vcxproj" (default targets).
Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\better_sqlite3.vcxproj.metaproj" (default targets).
Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\binding.sln" (1) is building "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\place_resulting_binaries.vcxproj.metaproj" (7) on node 1 (default targets).
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Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\test_extension.vcxproj.metaproj" (8) is building "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\test_extension.vcxproj" (9) on node 1 (default targets).
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ClCompile:
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  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\amd64\CL.exe /c /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\include\node" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\src" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\openssl\config" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\openssl\openssl\include" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\uv\include" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\zlib" /I"C:\Users\User\.node-gyp\10.15.1\deps\v8\include" /I"C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\obj\global_intermediate\sqlite3" /Z7 /nologo /W3 /WX- /MP /Ox /Ob2 /Oi /Ot /Oy /GL /D NODE_GYP_MODULE_NAME=test_extension /D USING_UV_SHARED=1 /D USING_V8_SHARED=1 /D V8_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS=1 /D WIN32 /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE /D _HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0 /D BUILDING_NODE_EXTENSION /D NDEBUG /D _WINDLL /GF /Gm- /EHsc /MT /GS /Gy /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /GR- /Fo"Release\obj\test_extension\\" /Fd"Release\obj\test_extension\vc140.pdb" /Gd /TP /wd4351 /wd4355 /wd4800 /wd4251 /wd4275 /wd4244 /wd4267 /errorReport:queue "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\src\win_delay_load_hook.cc"
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  "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\Release\sqlite3.lib"
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Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\test_extension.vcxproj" (default targets).
Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\test_extension.vcxproj.metaproj" (default targets).
Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\place_resulting_binaries.vcxproj.metaproj" (7) is building "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\place_resulting_binaries.vcxproj" (10) on node 1 (default targets).
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Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\place_resulting_binaries.vcxproj" (default targets).
Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\place_resulting_binaries.vcxproj.metaproj" (default targets).
Done Building Project "C:\Users\User\Desktop\node_modules\better-sqlite3\build\binding.sln" (default targets).

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gyp info ok 
npm verb lifecycle better-sqlite3@5.4.0~install: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
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+ better-sqlite3@5.4.0
updated 1 package and audited 119 packages in 36.946s
found 0 vulnerabilities

npm verb exit [ 0, true ]
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npm info ok 

that is what I got from npm i better-sqlite3 --verbose > log.log 2>&1

[joaocgreis]

The relevant part is

gyp verb find vs2017 Found installation at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools
gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.17763
gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64
gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.VC.MSBuild.Base
gyp verb find vs2017   - Using this installation with Windows 10 SDK
gyp verb find vs2017 using installation: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools

This confirms VS2017 is being used. Perhaps something was not in place before, would be good to know what but it's probably not possible to find out now.

It seems this issue can be closed, but feel free to add anything else. We can always reopen. Thanks!