Can I develop ROS2 with visual studio 2019 in the build file solution?

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I've seen the similar issues #310 and #374. They all create a visual studio project first and then link to the ROS2.

I wonder if we can create a ROS2 package first, colcon build it and modify the solution in the 'build' file.

For example, in my case, I created a ROS2 package called 'camera_test'. I applied a simple publisher to publish the FLIR camera's raw-mage information. Since I did't know how to link the Spinnaker library(FLIR camera's api) to the package, I failed the 'colcon build'. But still it generated a visual studio solution in the build file as showed below. I opened it and saw the exactly same code as well as the include path in my package.

So I wonder if it is a good way to modify code in this solution. For instance, link the Spinnaker library using Project->Properties->VC++Directories->Library Directories and Build->Build the solution. Is it the same as I link the library in Cmakelists and colcon build it?

ROS2 version: Foxy

It would be great if you could also tell me how to link the library using the Cmakelists. Thank you for your help!