changes for Visual D 1.5.0-beta1

CHANGES

@@ -1458,3 +1458,13 @@ Version history
     and provides some assistance in installing them
   * dbuild: add file imported from C to the dependencies for rebuilding
   * dbuild: add option to set C include search path and C #defines
+
+2025-09-26 version 1.5.0-beta1
+  * installer: added support for VS 2026
+  * dmdserver:
+    - now built with upcoming dmd 2.112 with improved GC performance
+    - don't stop analyzing when a static assert is hit
+    - add option to display server communication in the output pane
+    - some optimizations to to reduce communication overhead
+  * fixed WindowsApp template to build with recent DMD
+

Makefile

@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ dbuild17_14:
 dbuild17_all: dbuild17_0 dbuild17_1 dbuild17_2 dbuild17_3 dbuild17_4 dbuild17_5 dbuild17_6 dbuild17_7 \
               dbuild17_8 dbuild17_9 dbuild17_10 dbuild17_11 dbuild17_12 dbuild17_13 dbuild17_14
 
+dbuild18_0:
+	cd msbuild\dbuild && $(MSBUILD) dbuild.csproj /p:Configuration=Release-v18_0;Platform=AnyCPU /t:Rebuild
+
+dbuild18_all: dbuild18_0
+
 mago:
 	cd ..\..\mago && devenv /Build "Release|Win32" /Project "MagoNatDE" magodbg_2010.sln
 	cd ..\..\mago && devenv /Build "Release|x64" /Project "MagoRemote" magodbg_2010.sln

VERSION

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define VERSION_MAJOR      1
-#define VERSION_MINOR      4
-#define VERSION_REVISION   2
+#define VERSION_MINOR      5
+#define VERSION_REVISION   0
 #define VERSION_BETA       -beta
 #define VERSION_BUILD      1

msbuild/dbuild/dbuild.csproj

@@ -445,6 +445,28 @@
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
     <TargetVer>17.14</TargetVer>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release-v18_0|AnyCPU'">
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release-v18_0\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;TOOLS_V17</DefineConstants>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <TargetVer>18.0</TargetVer>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug-v18_0|AnyCPU'">
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug-v18_0\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;TOOLS_V17</DefineConstants>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <TargetVer>18.0</TargetVer>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
@@ -493,7 +515,7 @@
        or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.4' or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.5' or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.6'
        or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.7' or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.8' or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.9'
        or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.10' or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.11' or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.12'
-	   or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.13' or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.14'">v4.7.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+	   or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.13' or '$(TargetVer)' == '17.14' or '$(TargetVer)' == '18.0'">v4.7.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <GeneratePkgDefFile>false</GeneratePkgDefFile>
     <IncludeAssemblyInVSIXContainer>false</IncludeAssemblyInVSIXContainer>
     <IncludeDebugSymbolsInVSIXContainer>false</IncludeDebugSymbolsInVSIXContainer>
@@ -832,6 +854,35 @@
       <HintPath>assemblies\v17_14\Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- VS2026 -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetVer)' == '18.0'">
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build">
+      <HintPath>assemblies\v18\Microsoft.Build.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework">
+      <HintPath>assemblies\v18\Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core">
+      <HintPath>assemblies\v18\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core">
+      <HintPath>assemblies\v18\Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="envdte, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a">
+      <HintPath>assemblies\v18\envdte.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProject">
+      <HintPath>assemblies\v18\Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProject.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine">
+      <HintPath>assemblies\v18\Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetVer)' == '18.0'">
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common">
+      <HintPath>assemblies\v18\Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Strings.resx">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>

msbuild/dcompile.targets

@@ -347,10 +347,7 @@
       <DRuntimeLibs Condition="'$(DCompiler)' == 'DMD' and '$(Platform)' == 'Win32'">phobos32mscoff.lib</DRuntimeLibs>
       <DRuntimeLibs Condition="'$(DCompiler)' == 'DMD' and '$(Platform)' == 'x64'">phobos64.lib</DRuntimeLibs>
       <DRuntimeLibs Condition="'$(DCompiler)' == 'LDC'">phobos2-ldc.lib;druntime-ldc.lib</DRuntimeLibs>
-      <DRuntimeLibs Condition="'$(PlatformToolsetVersion)' == '140'">$(DRuntimeLibs);legacy_stdio_definitions.lib</DRuntimeLibs>
-      <DRuntimeLibs Condition="'$(PlatformToolsetVersion)' == '141'">$(DRuntimeLibs);legacy_stdio_definitions.lib</DRuntimeLibs>
-      <DRuntimeLibs Condition="'$(PlatformToolsetVersion)' == '142'">$(DRuntimeLibs);legacy_stdio_definitions.lib</DRuntimeLibs>
-      <DRuntimeLibs Condition="'$(PlatformToolsetVersion)' == '143'">$(DRuntimeLibs);legacy_stdio_definitions.lib</DRuntimeLibs>
+      <DRuntimeLibs Condition="'$(PlatformToolsetVersion)' &gt;= '140'">$(DRuntimeLibs);legacy_stdio_definitions.lib</DRuntimeLibs>
 
       <!-- LDC does not embed reference to C runtime into object files -->
       <_CRuntimeLib>@(DCompile->Metadata('CRuntimeLibrary')->Distinct()->ClearMetadata())</_CRuntimeLib>

msbuild/dcompile_defaults.props

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     <DBuildVersion Condition="$(MSBuildVersion_Major) != 16 and $(MSBuildVersion_Major) != 17">$(MSBuildVersion_Major).0</DBuildVersion>
     <DBuildVersion Condition="$(MSBuildVersion_Major) == 16 and $(MSBuildVersion_Minor) == 0">16.0</DBuildVersion>
     <DBuildVersion Condition="$(MSBuildVersion_Major) == 16 and $(MSBuildVersion_Minor) != 0">16.1</DBuildVersion>
-    <DBuildVersion Condition="$(MSBuildVersion_Major) == 17 and $(MSBuildVersion_Minor) &lt; 14">17.$(MSBuildVersion_Minor)</DBuildVersion>
-    <DBuildVersion Condition="$(MSBuildVersion_Major) == 17 and $(MSBuildVersion_Minor) &gt;= 14">17.14</DBuildVersion>
+    <DBuildVersion Condition="$(MSBuildVersion_Major) == 17 and $(MSBuildVersion_Minor) &lt;= 14">17.$(MSBuildVersion_Minor)</DBuildVersion>
+    <DBuildVersion Condition="$(MSBuildVersion_Major) == 17 and $(MSBuildVersion_Minor) &gt; 14">18.0</DBuildVersion><!-- insider only? -->
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(DBuildVersion)' == ''">

nsis/Extensions_vs15/extension.vsixmanifest

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
     <Description xml:space="preserve">Extension to provide support for the D programming language</Description>
   </Metadata>
   <Installation InstalledByMsi="true" AllUsers="true" SystemComponent="false">
-    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,18.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSWinExpress" />
-    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,18.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Premium" />
-    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,18.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Ultimate" />
-    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,18.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro" />
-    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,18.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.IntegratedShell" />
-    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,18.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Enterprise" />
-    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,18.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community" />
+    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,19.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSWinExpress" />
+    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,19.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Premium" />
+    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,19.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Ultimate" />
+    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,19.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro" />
+    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,19.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.IntegratedShell" />
+    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,19.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Enterprise" />
+    <InstallationTarget Version="[12.0,19.0)" Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community" />
   </Installation>
   <Assets>
     <Asset Type="Microsoft.VisualStudio.VsPackage" Path="visuald.pkgdef" />

nsis/basedir.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+[Settings]
+NumFields=9
+
+[Field 1]
+Type=DirRequest
+State=DirRequest
+Left=10
+Right=240
+Top=68
+Bottom=80
+
+[Field 2]
+Type=Label
+Text=Both the reference D-compiler
+Left=10
+Right=108
+Top=6
+Bottom=14
+
+[Field 3]
+Type=Link
+Text=DMD
+State=https://dlang.org/download.html
+Left=108
+Right=125
+Top=6
+Bottom=14
+
+[Field 4]
+Type=Label
+Text=and the LLVM-based
+Left=125
+Right=190
+Top=6
+Bottom=14
+
+[Field 5]
+Type=Link
+Text=LDC
+State=https://wiki.dlang.org/LDC
+Left=193
+Right=208
+Top=6
+Bottom=14
+
+[Field 6]
+Type=Label
+Text=compiler can be installed and kept uptodate.
+Left=10
+Right=240
+Top=16
+Bottom=24
+
+[Field 7]
+Type=Label
+Text=Please specify the folder for these compiler installations.
+Left=10
+Right=240
+Top=40
+Bottom=50
+
+[Field 8]
+Type=Label
+Text=This setting can be changed from within Visual Studio later on the Tools->Options->Projects->Visual D Settings->Updates page.
+Left=10
+Right=234
+Top=84
+Bottom=104
+
+[Field 9]
+Type=Label
+Text=Compiler base folder
+Left=10
+Right=191
+Top=56
+Bottom=64
+

nsis/vcinstall.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[Settings]
+NumFields=4
+
+[Field 1]
+Type=Groupbox
+Text=Select Action
+Flags=NOTABSTOP
+Left=0
+Right=300
+Top=36
+Bottom=136
+
+[Field 2]
+Type=RadioButton
+Text=Start the the Visual Studio Installer. Please modify the installation to include the "Desktop developemnt with C++" workload including the Windows SDK.
+State=1
+Left=20
+Right=300
+Top=48
+Bottom=100
+
+[Field 3]
+Type=RadioButton
+Text=Do nothing (you can install the VC environment later)
+State=0
+Left=20
+Right=300
+Top=100
+Bottom=128
+
+[Field 4]
+Type=Label
+Text=Visual D needs the C++ environment of Visual Studio for msbuild integration, but no VC installation was found on your system.
+Left=0
+Right=300
+Top=0
+Bottom=36