[CMake] [CMake 3.13.3] [MSBuild] Issue on configure/generate Visual Studio 2017 Project

[Robert Maynard]

If the problem only occurs when using the command line shell it might be
related to other environment variables in the shell.

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:20 AM Kail, Rajmund (GE Healthcare) <
Rajmund.Kail at ge.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
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> I have another observation. The project is generated normally via
> cmake_gui.exe. The issue occurs only in cmd.
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> Thank you in advance for your kind help,
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> Best regards,
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> Rajmund Kail
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> *From:* Kail, Rajmund (GE Healthcare)
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 15, 2019 11:10 AM
> *To:* cmake at cmake.org
> *Subject:* [CMake 3.13.3] [MSBuild] Issue on configure/generate Visual
> Studio 2017 Project
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> Dear All,
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> I’m contacting you, because we are having issues with CMake a few days ago
> and it makes our daily work very difficult.
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> The problem is that CMake cannot configure and generate a Visual Studio
> solution from an existing C++ codebase. We are attempting to generate a
> Visual Studio 2017 64-bit solution.
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> As per the error message VCTargetsPath is not found, so MSBuild is
> crashing after a few seconds.
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> I tried running MSBuild.exe in developer console, but it displays nothing
> at all. (The error code is 0x05).
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> MSBuild.exe is executing in Powershell however.
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> My question is how could we overcome the above issue? Could you please
> give us some possible workarounds or what direction should we take in order
> to investigate?
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> Thank you in advance for your kind assistance,
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> Best regards,
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> Rajmund Kail
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> C++ Software Engineer
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