[CMake] Using cmake under windows

[Christian Ehrlicher]

Von: Yann Renard <yann.renard.mailing-lists at tiscali.fr>
> 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.
> 
You did not run cmake / cmakesetup from the correct command prompt. Therefore your env vars 'LIB' and 'INCLUDE' are not set correct.
Take a look into your start menu (PlatformSDK -> OpenBuildEnv Window -> ...) and don't open your command prompt by executing cmd.exe.

HTH
Christian

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