Build issue: Visual Studio 17.14.37 not detected

[charlesfleche]

Describe the issue

The 3ds Max 2027 SDK requires Visual Studio 17.14.13. However, the build script seems to fail to find my version 17.14.37:

uv run .\build-scripts\build-solution.py release 2027
Launching build process
['F:\\git\\3dsmax-usd\\build-scripts\\configure-vsdevcmd.bat', '2022', '&&', 'msbuild.exe', 'F:\\git\\3dsmax-usd\\build-scripts\\..\\src\\usd-component.sln', '/p:Configuration=release', '/p:Platform=x64', '/p:VersionTarget=2027', '/p:BuildNumber=0', '/p:ComponentVersion=0.0.0']
Build Tools for Visual Studio is not installed. Using full Visual Studio installation.
ERROR: Can't find Visual Studio 2017 installation

I suspected uv, but the same error happens with the python shipped in max:

& 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2027\Python\python.exe' .\build-scripts\build-solution.py release 2027
Launching build process
['F:\\git\\3dsmax-usd\\build-scripts\\configure-vsdevcmd.bat', '2022', '&&', 'msbuild.exe', 'F:\\git\\3dsmax-usd\\build-scripts\\..\\src\\usd-component.sln', '/p:Configuration=release', '/p:Platform=x64', '/p:VersionTarget=2027', '/p:BuildNumber=0', '/p:ComponentVersion=0.0.0']
Build Tools for Visual Studio is not installed. Using full Visual Studio installation.
ERROR: Can't find Visual Studio 2017 installation

I can build with this command though:

call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
msbuild "F:\git\3dsmax-usd\src\usd-component.sln" ^
  /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 /p:VersionTarget=2027 ^
  /p:WindowsTargetPlatformVersion=10.0.22621.0 ^
  /p:VCToolsVersion=14.44.35207 ^
  /m /v:m /nologo

Build log
N/A

Specs:

• OS & version : Windows 11
• Compiler & version: Visual Studio 2022 17.14.37
• 3ds Max version: 3ds Max 2027
• 3ds USD commit SHA : dce7ca1
• Pixar USD commit SHA : do not know, whatever is Max Usd 2027 at that time

Additional context
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[antonkhelou]

Hi @charlesfleche, if you have some time and are willing to try something, can you try changing this to:

set VS_VERSION_RANGEHI=18.0