How to build a Visual Studio solution in a lower version of Visual Studio?

Asked Jul 27 '17 at 04:27

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I wrote a program using VS 2016 and had to send it to someone who is running VS 2013. Since I was using some syntax available to 2016, they couldn't build/run it. I went through and changed the syntax, but want to ensure I caught everything.

Is there a way for me to build the solution with a 2013 configuration so that I can make sure it builds properly before sending it again?

edited Jul 27 '17 at 05:14

marc_s

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asked Jul 27 '17 at 04:27

itcropper

Refer [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13507901/how-to-downgrade-from-visual-studio-2012-project-to-visual-studio-2008/13508049#13508049) I assume it will be similar for 2016/2013 – Jul 27 '17 at 04:33
What syntax available only in 2016? – summerGhost Jul 27 '17 at 04:44
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@marc_s and `VS2012` – mmushtaq Jul 27 '17 at 05:20
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There is no VS **2016** version - we have 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 .... which one do you really mean?? – marc_s Jul 27 '17 at 05:23
@summerGhost most notably, expression bodies, i.e. public string Something => "someString"; – itcropper Jul 27 '17 at 15:14
@BJMyers yep, that's what I was looking for. thank you. – itcropper Jul 27 '17 at 15:15

How to build a Visual Studio solution in a lower version of Visual Studio?

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