How to configure Rational Rhapsody 8.x to use the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 compiler

Answer

Procedure:

1. Install Rational Rhapsody 8.1 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2013.
   
   
2. In <RHAPSODY_ROOT>\Share\Properties\siteC++.prp add the section:
   
   
Subject CPP_CG
Metaclass MSVC
Property IDEVersion Enum "VC9,VC10,VC11,VC12" "VC10"
end
end

   
   Note, the prp file must contain an extra "end" after this section.
   
   
3. Browse to the <RHAPSODY _ROOT>\Share\etc folder and open the msvcmake.bat file
   
   
4. Copy the line
   
if "%4"=="VC11" set VS_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\

   and paste a new line beneath with the following changes
   
if "%4"=="VC12" set VS_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\

   
   
5. Copy the line
   
@echo VC11 - Visual Studio 2012

   And paste with changes
   
@echo VC12 - Visual Studio 2013

   
6. Open the <RHAPSODY_ROOT>\Share\LangCpp\msbuild.mak and change the section:
   
   
CRT_FLAGS=/D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" /MP
ENABLE_EH=/EHa
LIB_PREFIX=MS$(MS_VER)$(CPU)$(MT_PREFIX)$(STL_SUFFIX)
!IF "$(MS_VER)" != "VC9"
!IF "$(MS_VER)" != "VC10"
!IF "$(MS_VER)" != "VC11"
!MESSAGE Library is built for unsupported environment
!MESSAGE The following options are set:
!MESSAGE CRT_FLAGS=
!MESSAGE ENABLE_EH=/GX
!MESSAGE LIB_PREFIX=MS$(STL_SUFFIX)
CRT_FLAGS=
ENABLE_EH=/GX
LIB_PREFIX=MS$(STL_SUFFIX)
!ENDIF
!ENDIF
!ENDIF

   
   so that it looks like this:
   
   
CRT_FLAGS=/D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" /MP
ENABLE_EH=/EHa
LIB_PREFIX=MS$(MS_VER)$(CPU)$(MT_PREFIX)$(STL_SUFFIX)
!IF "$(MS_VER)" != "VC9"
!IF "$(MS_VER)" != "VC10"
!IF "$(MS_VER)" != "VC11"
!IF "$(MS_VER)" != "VC12"
!MESSAGE Library is built for unsupported environment
!MESSAGE The following options are set:
!MESSAGE CRT_FLAGS=
!MESSAGE ENABLE_EH=/GX
!MESSAGE LIB_PREFIX=MS$(STL_SUFFIX)
CRT_FLAGS=
ENABLE_EH=/GX
LIB_PREFIX=MS$(STL_SUFFIX)
!ENDIF
!ENDIF
!ENDIF
!ENDIF

   
7. Open Rational Rhapsody8.1 and load a sample project. For example,
   <RHAPSODY _ROOT>\Samples\CppSamples\Dishwasher
   
   
8. Select the Project’s Active Component/Configuration. For example, EXE and Host
   
   
9. Double-click the configuration in the browser and open the features window. Select the Properties tab and find the CPP_CG::MSVC::IDEVersion property. Switch the value to VC12
   
   
10. Run the Build Framework command in the Code menu.
    
    
11. Once this is completed you can then build and run the sample project via the Code menu > Generate/Make/Run command