[CMake] Using cmake under windows

[Yann Renard]

Arjen Markus wrote:
> Yann Renard wrote:
> 
>> Cheers guys,
>>
>> I'm trying to use cmake under windows in order to generate VC8 
>> makefiles. I have read 
>> http://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Generator_Specific_Information chapter 
>> about windows and written down a sript that looks like this :
>>
>> set path=d:\yrenard\platform-sdk\bin;%path%
>> set include=d:\yrenard\platform-sdk\include;%include%
>> set lib=d:yrenard\platform-sdk\lib;%lib%
>> call "d:\visual studio 8\vc\vcvarsall.bat"
>>
>> however, when calling 'cmake .' in my directory (even in the sample 
>> directory provided by cmake documentation), the linker complains not 
>> finding 'user32.lib'. This library is present in the 
>> 'd:yrenard\platform-sdk\lib' directory. The error happens before cmake 
>> does anything on the project, it happens on the testing phase while 
>> cmake checks the compilator (cmTryCompileExec)...
>>
>> I'm getting mad with this error.
>> The samples of the platform SDK compile correctly.
> 
> Have you checked that these environment variables are set correctly?
> PATH and so on usually have embedded spaces and the DOS SET command
> does not really like that.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Arjen

Arjen,

typing 'set' at the windows prompt reports the variables to be set 
correctly.

Best regards,
Yann Renard