Deploy C++ Source / Building without Visual Studio

Hi there,

I write and distribute a commercial C# WPF Component and soon we will be including a C++ module (both x64 and x86) to improve speed in some critical areas.

Some of my users have bought the source-code, e.g. we give them a csproj to compile the C# directly into their solutions. Soon if we distribute the C++ module they will need to compile this too.

Now I'm not a C++ whizz, and I realised recently that if we compile a C++ module with Visual Studio 2012 then only users that have 2012 can compile it. Is this correct?

Is there any Make-file or MSBuild way of allowing end-users to pre-compile the C++ portions only so they can simply include them in their builds for the C#portion of the project, for those users who have VS2010 or VS2013?

Thanks in advance,

Andrew