The project Audacity can not be compiled by Visual Studio 2010. The problem seems caused by the conversion of the project solution file from VC++ 2009 to 2010. It seems to complain that the “$ParentName” used in the project files of 2009 is no longer supported by 2010 version, and the conversion process replaced the “$ParentName” with “$ProjectFileName” automatically, which contributed to this compiling problem. Is there a workaround to this problem? Thanks!
Getting Audacity 1.3.12 itself to compile proved to be a bumpy ride. Well audacity can be compiled in VS 2008. & VC 9 It’s absolute fact that Microsoft had decided to hide the compile menu in VS 2010.
Here the step-by-step process on how to compile audacity in VC 9…
http://audacity.googlecode.com/svn/audacity-src/trunk/win/compile.txt
I hope this will help you Out a bit… 