visual studio macro with the path of a props file

Question

The short question:

I want to be able to use the path of the props file as a macro from inside the props file (like the ability to reference the project directory as $(ProjectDir) )

The long question

I use props files to add reference to various 3rd party libraries.

This is simple if I can specify an absolute path to the 3rd party library.

However, I want to specify a relative path - as different team members use different location for the source control tree. is there a method to add such relative paths to the props file?

specifying a path relative to the project directory isn't a good solution either, as the location of projects isn't fixed (so for one project I would need $(SolutionDir)\..\XXXX and for another one I would need $(SolutionDir)\..\..\XXXX

Answer 1

The solution is: $(MSBuildThisFileFullPath) (or, rather $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)). _{(Which is noted in passing here.)}

If this is used within a property sheet file (.props) it will refer to this property file/dir itself. (Note: When used on the .vcxproj level, it will refer to the project file/dir.

Tested with VS2013 RC and VS2010.