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

[Arindam Mukherjee]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:22 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 5:30 AM, Arindam Mukherjee
> <arindam.mukerjee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
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>
> cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008 Win32" src_dir
>
> will not work. There is no such generator. Leave out the " Win32" for this
> case... it is implied.
>
>

How would it be on a Windows x64 box? I don't have access to one.
Would "Visual Studio 9 2008" still mean 32-bit on it?

Arindam