7 files changed, 381 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/portfile.cmake b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42e0ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+file(INSTALL
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_msbuild.props.in"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_msbuild.targets.in"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/z_vcpkg_msbuild_create_props.cmake"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_msbuild_install.cmake"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg-port-config.cmake"
+    DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
+
+file(INSTALL "${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}/LICENSE.txt" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
+set(VCPKG_POLICY_CMAKE_HELPER_PORT enabled)
diff --git a/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg-port-config.cmake b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg-port-config.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..547ff61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg-port-config.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+include_guard(GLOBAL)
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../vcpkg-cmake-get-vars/vcpkg-port-config.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../vcpkg-pkgconfig-get-modules/vcpkg-port-config.cmake" OPTIONAL)
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/z_vcpkg_msbuild_create_props.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_msbuild_install.cmake")
diff --git a/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdd51bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "vcpkg-msbuild",
+  "version-date": "2023-08-08",
+  "documentation": "https://vcpkg.io/en/docs/README.html",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "supports": "native & windows",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-get-vars",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-pkgconfig-get-modules",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "pkg-config": {
+      "description": "Enable pkg-config lookup for msbuild",
+      "dependencies": [
+        "pkgconf"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild.props.in b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild.props.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f04522c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild.props.in
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <vcpkg_msbuild_props_imported>true</vcpkg_msbuild_props_imported>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>@arg_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION@</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <PlatformToolset>@VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET@</PlatformToolset>
+    <!-- <Platform>@arg_PLATFORM@</Platform> -->
+    <VcpkgApplocalDeps>false</VcpkgApplocalDeps>
+    <VcpkgManifestInstall>false</VcpkgManifestInstall>
+    <VcpkgManifestEnabled>false</VcpkgManifestEnabled>
+    <VcpkgEnabled>false</VcpkgEnabled>
+    <VcpkgTriplet>@TARGET_TRIPLET@</VcpkgTriplet>
+    <VcpkgInstalledDir>@_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR@</VcpkgInstalledDir>
+    <UseIntelMKL>No</UseIntelMKL>
+    <ImportProjectExtensionProps>false</ImportProjectExtensionProps>
+    <ForceImportAfterCppProps>vcpkg_msbuild.props</ForceImportAfterCppProps>
+    <ForceImportAfterCppTargets>vcpkg_msbuild.targets</ForceImportAfterCppTargets>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  @VCPKG_MSBUILD_ADDITIONAL_PROPS_XML@
+</Project>
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild.targets.in b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild.targets.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..517aab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild.targets.in
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Condition="'$(vcpkg_msbuild_props_imported)' != 'true'" Project="vcpkg_msbuild.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>@arg_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION@</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <PlatformToolset>@VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET@</PlatformToolset>
+    <!-- <Platform>@arg_PLATFORM@</Platform> -->
+    <VcpkgApplocalDeps>false</VcpkgApplocalDeps>
+    <VcpkgManifestInstall>false</VcpkgManifestInstall>
+    <VcpkgManifestEnabled>false</VcpkgManifestEnabled>
+    <VcpkgEnabled>false</VcpkgEnabled>
+    <VcpkgTriplet>@TARGET_TRIPLET@</VcpkgTriplet>
+    <VcpkgInstalledDir>@_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR@</VcpkgInstalledDir>
+    <UseIntelMKL>No</UseIntelMKL>
+    <ImportProjectExtensionProps>false</ImportProjectExtensionProps>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+        <!-- vcpkg -->
+        <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'${VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE}|$(Configuration)' == 'static|${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}'">MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+        <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'${VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE}|$(Configuration)' == 'static|${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}'">MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+        <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'${VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE}|$(Configuration)' == 'dynamic|${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}'">MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+        <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'${VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE}|$(Configuration)' == 'dynamic|${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}'">MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+        <AdditionalIncludeDirectories Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}'"  >@MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEBUG@</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+        <AdditionalIncludeDirectories Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}'">@MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_RELEASE@</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Update="@project_root@**/*.cpp;@project_root@**/*.cxx">
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}'"  >%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG@ @MSBUILD_CFLAGS_DEBUG@ /WX-</AdditionalOptions>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}'">%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE@ @MSBUILD_CFLAGS_RELEASE@ /WX-</AdditionalOptions>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup >
+    <ClCompile Update="@project_root@**/*.c">
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}'"  >%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_C_FLAGS_DEBUG@ @MSBUILD_CFLAGS_DEBUG@ /WX-</AdditionalOptions>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}'">%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_C_FLAGS_RELEASE@ @MSBUILD_CFLAGS_RELEASE@ /WX-</AdditionalOptions>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <Link>
+        <!-- Required Libs -->
+        <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}'"        >@MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DEBUG@</AdditionalDependencies>
+        <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}'"  >@MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_DEBUG@</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+        <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}'"      >@MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_RELEASE@</AdditionalDependencies >
+        <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}'">@MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_RELEASE@</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(ConfigurationType)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}|DynamicLibrary'"  >%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG@ @MSBUILD_LIBS_DEBUG@ /WX:NO</AdditionalOptions>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(ConfigurationType)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}|DynamicLibrary'">%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE@ @MSBUILD_LIBS_RELEASE@ /WX:NO</AdditionalOptions>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(ConfigurationType)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}|Application'"  >%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG@ @MSBUILD_LIBS_DEBUG@ /WX:NO</AdditionalOptions>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(ConfigurationType)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}|Application'">%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE@ @MSBUILD_LIBS_RELEASE@ /WX:NO</AdditionalOptions>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(ConfigurationType)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}|StaticLibrary'">%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG@</AdditionalOptions>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(ConfigurationType)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}|StaticLibrary'">%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE@</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
+    <Lib>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(ConfigurationType)'=='${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}|StaticLibrary'">%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG@</AdditionalOptions>
+        <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(ConfigurationType)'=='${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}|StaticLibrary'">%(AdditionalOptions) @VCPKG_COMBINED_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE@</AdditionalOptions>
+        <!-- Required to prevent linker errors on Visual Studio 2017 with static CRT -->
+        <TargetMachine Condition="'${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}'=='x86'">MachineX86</TargetMachine>
+        <TargetMachine Condition="'${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}'=='x64'">MachineX64</TargetMachine>
+        <TargetMachine Condition="'${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}'=='arm'">MachineARM</TargetMachine>
+    </Lib>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  @VCPKG_MSBUILD_ADDITIONAL_TARGETS_XML@
+</Project>
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild_install.cmake b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild_install.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35e84f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/vcpkg_msbuild_install.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+function(vcpkg_msbuild_install)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(
+        PARSE_ARGV 0
+        "arg"
+        "CLEAN;NO_TOOLCHAIN_PROPS;NO_INSTALL;ADD_BIN_TO_PATH"
+        "SOURCE_PATH;PROJECT_SUBPATH;RELEASE_CONFIGURATION;DEBUG_CONFIGURATION;PLATFORM;TARGET"
+        "OPTIONS;OPTIONS_RELEASE;OPTIONS_DEBUG;DEPENDENT_PKGCONFIG;ADDITIONAL_LIBS;ADDITIONAL_LIBS_DEBUG;ADDITIONAL_LIBS_RELEASE"
+    )
+
+    if(VCPKG_CROSSCOMPILING)
+        set(arg_ADD_BIN_TO_PATH OFF)
+    endif()
+
+    if(DEFINED arg_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS)
+        message(WARNING "${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION} was passed extra arguments: ${arg_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}")
+    endif()
+    if(NOT DEFINED arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION)
+        set(arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION Release)
+    endif()
+    if(NOT DEFINED arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION)
+        set(arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION Debug)
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT DEFINED arg_PLATFORM)
+        if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x64")
+            set(arg_PLATFORM x64)
+        elseif(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+            set(arg_PLATFORM Win32)
+        elseif(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm")
+            set(arg_PLATFORM ARM)
+        elseif(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm64")
+            set(arg_PLATFORM arm64)
+        else()
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported target architecture")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    if(NOT DEFINED arg_PLATFORM_TOOLSET)
+        set(arg_PLATFORM_TOOLSET "${VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET}")
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT DEFINED arg_TARGET)
+        set(arg_TARGET Rebuild)
+    endif()
+    if(DEFINED arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS)
+        list(APPEND arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS_DEBUG ${arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
+        list(APPEND arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS_RELEASE ${arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
+    endif()
+
+    vcpkg_get_windows_sdk(arg_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION)
+
+    if(NOT arg_NO_TOOLCHAIN_PROPS)
+        file(RELATIVE_PATH project_root "${arg_SOURCE_PATH}/${arg_PROJECT_SUBPATH}" "${arg_SOURCE_PATH}") # required by z_vcpkg_msbuild_create_props
+        z_vcpkg_msbuild_create_props(OUTPUT_PROPS props_file
+                                     OUTPUT_TARGETS target_file
+                                     RELEASE_CONFIGURATION "${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}"
+                                     DEBUG_CONFIGURATION "${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}"
+                                     DEPENDENT_PKGCONFIG ${arg_DEPENDENT_PKGCONFIG}
+                                     ADDITIONAL_LIBS_DEBUG ${arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS_DEBUG}
+                                     ADDITIONAL_LIBS_RELEASE ${arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS_RELEASE})
+        list(APPEND arg_OPTIONS
+            "/p:ForceImportAfterCppProps=${props_file}"
+            "/p:ForceImportAfterCppTargets=${target_file}"
+        )
+    endif()
+
+
+    list(APPEND arg_OPTIONS
+        "/t:${arg_TARGET}"
+        "/p:UseMultiToolTask=true"
+        "/p:MultiProcMaxCount=${VCPKG_CONCURRENCY}"
+        "/p:EnforceProcessCountAcrossBuilds=true"
+        "/m:${VCPKG_CONCURRENCY}"
+        "-maxCpuCount:${VCPKG_CONCURRENCY}"
+        # other Properties 
+        "/p:Platform=${arg_PLATFORM}"
+        "/p:PlatformTarget=${TRIPLET_SYSTEM_ARCH}"
+        "/p:PlatformToolset=${arg_PLATFORM_TOOLSET}"
+        "/p:WindowsTargetPlatformVersion=${arg_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION}"
+        # vcpkg properties
+        "/p:VcpkgApplocalDeps=false"
+        "/p:VcpkgManifestInstall=false"
+        "/p:VcpkgManifestEnabled=false"
+        "/p:VcpkgEnabled=false"
+        "/p:VcpkgTriplet=${TARGET_TRIPLET}"
+        "/p:VcpkgInstalledDir=${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}"
+    )
+
+    if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+        # Disable LTCG for static libraries because this setting introduces ABI incompatibility between minor compiler versions
+        # TODO: Add a way for the user to override this if they want to opt-in to incompatibility
+        list(APPEND arg_OPTIONS "/p:WholeProgramOptimization=false")
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "release")
+        message(STATUS "Building ${arg_PROJECT_SUBPATH} for Release")
+        if(arg_ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
+            vcpkg_backup_env_variables(VARS PATH)
+            if("${build_type}" STREQUAL "debug")
+                vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/bin")
+            else()
+                vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/bin")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+        set(working_dir "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel")
+        file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${working_dir}")
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${working_dir}")
+        file(COPY "${arg_SOURCE_PATH}/" DESTINATION "${working_dir}")
+        vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+            COMMAND msbuild "${working_dir}/${arg_PROJECT_SUBPATH}"
+                "/p:Configuration=${arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION}"
+                ${arg_OPTIONS}
+                ${arg_OPTIONS_RELEASE}
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${working_dir}"
+            LOGNAME "build-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel"
+        )
+        if(NOT arg_NO_INSTALL)
+            file(GLOB_RECURSE libs "${working_dir}/*.lib")
+            file(GLOB_RECURSE dlls "${working_dir}/*.dll")
+            file(GLOB_RECURSE exes "${working_dir}/*.exe")
+            if(NOT libs STREQUAL "")
+                file(COPY ${libs} DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib")
+            endif()
+            if(NOT dlls STREQUAL "")
+                file(COPY ${dlls} DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin")
+            endif()
+            if(NOT exes STREQUAL "")
+                file(COPY ${exes} DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}")
+                vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+        if(arg_ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
+            vcpkg_restore_env_variables(VARS PATH)
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "debug")
+        message(STATUS "Building ${arg_PROJECT_SUBPATH} for Debug")
+        if(arg_ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
+            vcpkg_backup_env_variables(VARS PATH)
+            if("${build_type}" STREQUAL "debug")
+                vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/bin")
+            else()
+                vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/bin")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+        set(working_dir "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg")
+        file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${working_dir}")
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${working_dir}")
+        file(COPY "${arg_SOURCE_PATH}/" DESTINATION "${working_dir}")
+        vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+            COMMAND msbuild "${working_dir}/${arg_PROJECT_SUBPATH}"
+                "/p:Configuration=${arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION}"
+                ${arg_OPTIONS}
+                ${arg_OPTIONS_DEBUG}
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${working_dir}"
+            LOGNAME "build-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg"
+        )
+        if(NOT arg_NO_INSTALL)
+            file(GLOB_RECURSE libs "${working_dir}/*.lib")
+            file(GLOB_RECURSE dlls "${working_dir}/*.dll")
+            if(NOT libs STREQUAL "")
+                file(COPY ${libs} DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib")
+            endif()
+            if(NOT dlls STREQUAL "")
+                file(COPY ${dlls} DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+        if(arg_ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
+            vcpkg_restore_env_variables(VARS PATH)
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
+    vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+    if(arg_CLEAN)
+        vcpkg_clean_msbuild()
+    endif()
+
+endfunction()
diff --git a/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/z_vcpkg_msbuild_create_props.cmake b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/z_vcpkg_msbuild_create_props.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cd6ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg/ports/vcpkg-msbuild/z_vcpkg_msbuild_create_props.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+function(z_vcpkg_msbuild_create_props)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(
+        PARSE_ARGV 0
+        "arg"
+        ""
+        "OUTPUT_PROPS;OUTPUT_TARGETS;RELEASE_CONFIGURATION;DEBUG_CONFIGURATION"
+        "DEPENDENT_PKGCONFIG;ADDITIONAL_LIBS_DEBUG;ADDITIONAL_LIBS_RELEASE"
+    )
+
+    if(NOT arg_OUTPUT_PROPS)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "'${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}' requires option 'OUTPUT_PROPS'!")
+    endif()
+    if(NOT arg_OUTPUT_TARGETS)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "'${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}' requires option 'OUTPUT_TARGETS'!")
+    endif()
+    if(DEFINED arg_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS)
+        message(WARNING "'${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}' was passed extra arguments: ${arg_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}")
+    endif()
+
+    # TODO: detect and set these ?
+    #  <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
+    #  <LanguageStandard_C>stdc17</LanguageStandard_C>
+    if(NOT DEFINED arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION)
+        set(arg_RELEASE_CONFIGURATION Release)
+    endif()
+    if(NOT DEFINED arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION)
+        set(arg_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION Debug)
+    endif()
+
+    set(TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION "")
+    vcpkg_get_windows_sdk(TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION)
+
+    if(arg_DEPENDENT_PKGCONFIG)
+        if(NOT COMMAND x_vcpkg_pkgconfig_get_modules)
+          message(FATAL_ERROR "Port vcpkg-msbuild needs to have feature 'pkg-config' enabled for 'DEPENDENT_PKGCONFIG'")
+        endif()
+        x_vcpkg_pkgconfig_get_modules(PREFIX MSBUILD INCLUDE_DIRS LIBRARIES LIBRARIES_DIR CFLAGS USE_MSVC_SYNTAX_ON_WINDOWS MODULES ${arg_DEPENDENT_PKGCONFIG})
+
+        separate_arguments(MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_RELEASE WINDOWS_COMMAND "${MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_RELEASE}")
+        separate_arguments(MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEBUG WINDOWS_COMMAND "${MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEBUG}")
+        foreach(inc_dirs IN LISTS MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_RELEASE)
+            string(REPLACE "${inc_dirs}" "" MSBUILD_CFLAGS_RELEASE "${MSBUILD_CFLAGS_RELEASE}")
+        endforeach()
+        foreach(inc_dirs IN LISTS MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEBUG)
+            string(REPLACE "${inc_dirs}" "" MSBUILD_CFLAGS_DEBUG "${MSBUILD_CFLAGS_DEBUG}")
+        endforeach()
+        list(TRANSFORM MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_RELEASE REPLACE "^/I" "")
+        list(TRANSFORM MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEBUG REPLACE "^/I" "")
+        
+        separate_arguments(MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_RELEASE WINDOWS_COMMAND "${MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_RELEASE}")
+        separate_arguments(MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_DEBUG WINDOWS_COMMAND "${MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_DEBUG}")
+
+        separate_arguments(MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_RELEASE WINDOWS_COMMAND "${MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_RELEASE}")
+        separate_arguments(MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DEBUG WINDOWS_COMMAND "${MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DEBUG}")
+    endif()
+    vcpkg_cmake_get_vars(vars_file)
+    include("${vars_file}")
+    vcpkg_list(APPEND MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_RELEASE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include")
+    vcpkg_list(APPEND MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEBUG "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include")
+    vcpkg_list(APPEND MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_RELEASE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib")
+    vcpkg_list(APPEND MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_DEBUG "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib")
+    vcpkg_list(APPEND MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_RELEASE ${arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS_RELEASE})
+    vcpkg_list(APPEND MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DEBUG   ${arg_ADDITIONAL_LIBS_DEBUG})
+
+    vcpkg_list(PREPEND MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_RELEASE "%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)")
+    vcpkg_list(PREPEND MSBUILD_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEBUG   "%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)")
+    vcpkg_list(PREPEND MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_RELEASE "%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)")
+    vcpkg_list(PREPEND MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DIRS_DEBUG   "%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)")
+    vcpkg_list(PREPEND MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_RELEASE "%(AdditionalDependencies)")
+    vcpkg_list(PREPEND MSBUILD_LIBRARIES_DEBUG   "%(AdditionalDependencies)")
+
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_msbuild.targets.in" "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}/vcpkg_msbuild.targets")
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_msbuild.props.in" "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}/vcpkg_msbuild.props")
+    set(${arg_OUTPUT_PROPS} "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}/vcpkg_msbuild.props" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(${arg_OUTPUT_TARGETS} "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}/vcpkg_msbuild.targets" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()