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0014038CMake(No Category)public2013-03-22 16:352013-10-07 10:04
Reporterszx 
Assigned ToBrad King 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake 2.8.10.2 
Target VersionCMake 2.8.11Fixed in VersionCMake 2.8.11 
Summary0014038: Generate different .sln header for Express edition of Visual Studio
DescriptionWhen you open a CMake-generated .sln file in Visual Studio 2012 Express and you have another version of Visual Studio installed (like VC++ 2010 Express), a selection dialog will show up offering you to choose which version of Visual Studio to use to open the solution file.

However if you create a solution from within Visual Studio 2012 Express itself, there will be no dialog when you open the solution but it will open immediately in VS 2012 Express.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional InformationI've done a bit of research on the subject and found that the second line of .sln files created by VS 2012 Express is different from that of generated by CMake:

This is how Visual Studio does it:
# Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop

This is how CMake does it:
# Visual Studio 11

This isn't specific to VS 2012 only. For instance, Visual C++ 2010 Express seems to use the same scheme too.

I managed to extract all possible identification strings from one of the VS executables (namely WDExpress.exe), and here they are:

# Visual Studio 2010\r\n
# Visual Basic Express 2010\r\n
# Visual C# Express 2010\r\n
# Visual C++ Express 2010\r\n
# Visual Web Developer Express 2010\r\n
# Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Applications\r\n
# Rascal (2010 Version)\r\n
# Visual Studio 10\r\n
# Visual Basic Express 10\r\n
# Visual C# Express 10\r\n
# Visual C++ Express 10\r\n
# Visual Web Developer Express 10\r\n
# Visual Studio 10 Tools for Applications\r\n
# Rascal (Version 10)\r\n
# Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone\r\n
# Visual Studio 11\r\n
# Visual Web Developer Express 11\r\n
# Rascal (Version 11)\r\n
# Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Phone\r\n
# Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows 8\r\n
# Visual Studio 2012\r\n
# Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web\r\n
# Rascal (2012 Version)\r\n
# Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone\r\n
# Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8\r\n
# Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop\r\n

Some of them have nothing to do with C++ though but I listed them for completeness.
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related to 0009758closed Brad King Can't open (double-clicking in Explorer) generated .SLN files for Visual Studio 2010 
Attached Filespatch vs-express-sln.patch (1,664) 2013-03-23 05:34
https://public.kitware.com/Bug/file/4692/vs-express-sln.patch
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2013-03-22 16:35szxNew Issue
2013-03-23 05:34szxFile Added: vs-express-sln.patch
2013-03-25 13:33Brad KingRelationship addedrelated to 0009758
2013-03-25 14:28Brad KingNote Added: 0032696
2013-03-25 14:28Brad KingAssigned To => Brad King
2013-03-25 14:28Brad KingStatusnew => resolved
2013-03-25 14:28Brad KingResolutionopen => fixed
2013-03-25 14:28Brad KingFixed in Version => CMake 2.8.11
2013-03-25 14:28Brad KingTarget Version => CMake 2.8.11
2013-10-07 10:04Robert MaynardNote Added: 0034014
2013-10-07 10:04Robert MaynardStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0032696)
Brad King   
2013-03-25 14:28   
Thanks for the patch. Applied with explanation in commit message:

 http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=c677838c [^]
(0034014)
Robert Maynard   
2013-10-07 10:04   
Closing resolved issues that have not been updated in more than 4 months.