Visual Studio 2015 build improvements.

sys/winnt/Install.nt

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ tty and graphical win32 versions of NetHack 3.6.1.
 You can build a TTY version of NetHack and a Windows Graphical 
 version.  You can use one of the following build environments:
 
+  o A copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Express
+
+	OR
+
   o A copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Express
     The current NetHack code has not been tested with earlier versions 
     of the compiler.
@@ -34,12 +38,35 @@ version.  You can use one of the following build environments:
         http://www.mingw.org/
     Earlier versions of MinGW will not allow you to build the Windows
     Graphical version.
-    
+
+
 In addition to the makefiles that allow you to build NetHack from the
 command line, there is also a set of project files and a workspace file
 that allow you to build the Windows Graphical version from Microsoft
 Visual C's IDE (Integrated Development Environment.)
 
+/-------------------------------------------------------\
+| Buildig And Running Using Visual Studio 2015          |
+\-------------------------------------------------------/
+
+If you are NOT using Visual Studio 2015, proceed to "FIRST STEP -
+MOVING THINGS AROUND".
+
+When using Visual Studio 2015, you do not need to move things around.
+You simply need to load the Visual Studio 2015 NetHack solution file
+within the IDE, build the solution and run the version of NetHack
+you wish to run.
+
+The Visual Studio 2015 NetHack solution file can be found here:
+    win\win32\vs2015\NetHack.sln
+
+From a command prompt, you can launch and load this solution file by:
+	start win\win32\vs2015\NetHack.sln
+
+From within the IDE:
+	1. select the build configuration you wish to use.
+	2. from build menu, select build solution.
+	3. type F5 to start debugging.
 
 /-----------------------------------\
 | FIRST STEP - MOVING THINGS AROUND |

win/win32/.gitignore

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 *.db
 record
 *.user
+*.opendb
 

win/win32/vs2015/common.props

@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
+    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 </Project>

win/win32/vs2015/nhdefkey.vcxproj

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="config.props" />
-
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{6813477F-64B6-4B97-B230-438D0D233385}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>nhdefkey</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <Import Project="default_dll.props" />
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
@@ -15,17 +13,18 @@
   <Import Project="common.props" />
   <Import Project="dirs.props" />
   <Import Project="files.props" />
-  
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutDir>$(BinDir)</OutDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NHDEFKEY_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(IncDir);$(SysWinntDir);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <ModuleDefinitionFile>nhdefkey.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
+      <ImportLibrary>$(ToolsDir)$(TargetName).lib</ImportLibrary>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SysWinntDir)nhdefkey.c" />
   </ItemGroup>

win/win32/vs2015/notes.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Changes made to vs2015 build
 
+To Do
+1. Build other key handler DLLs.
+2. Ensure Release build does not have unexpected files after clean build.
+
 Changes
 1. Removed the use of /FS.
 2. Allow multi-processor compilation.