Different affect between vs2012_update4 and vs2013_update4

Question

 I create a props and its contents belong:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
<PropertyGroup Label="userMacros" Condition="'$(WholeProgramOptimization)'==true">
<myXHT>ReleaseOutput</myXHT>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Label="userMacros" Condition="'$(WholeProgramOptimization)'==false">
<myXHT>DebugOutput</myXHT>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
<PropertyGroup>
<OutDir>$(SolutionDir)$(myXHT)\</OutDir>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemDefinitionGroup />
<ItemGroup />
</Project>
when i added this props file to my project, in vs2013, it just work fine, the output goes to $(SolutionDir)\$(myXHT))), but in vs2012, the real output directory is $(SolutionDir).
Is this is a bug in vs2012?

Answer 1

Hello quarkone,
I'm trying to reproduce this issue. However the @myXHT should have already been defined and I cannot get it from the sample you showed.
Would you mind to share your steps which can reproduce this problem so that I can edit my project and reproduce your isuse?
Actually in my point of view, since you are using special character, what about refer to here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228186.aspx
Use the notation %xxin place of the special character, where xxrepresents the hexadecimal value of the ASCII character. Would this work in Visual Studio 2012?
Best regards,
Barry
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