[CMake] Cross compiling for Windows x64/amd64 on 32-bit Windows

[Arindam Mukherjee]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Xavier Besseron <xavier.besseron at uni.lu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was able to build win64 executable on my 32-bit Windows.
>
> First, I had to make the "full installation" of VS 2008 (the "default
> installation" did not provide the win64 compiler in my case). Then, I
> had to select the "Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64" generator in CMake. And
> the project built correctly.
>
> However, it is not possible to execute the generated binaries on a
> 32-bit Windows.
>
>

Thanks! That works perfectly. From a driver batch script, I now use:

cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008 Win32" src_dir

and:

cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64" src_dir

This, I guess, should work even if I move to a 64-bit build machine.

Thanks again.
Arindam