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0015931CMakeCMakepublic2016-01-21 13:262016-06-10 14:31
ReporterLuis Roalter 
Assigned ToKitware Robot 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformMSVCOSWindowsOS Version
Product VersionCMake 3.4.2 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0015931: Change the StartUp-Solution by Value
DescriptionCMake always tries to set ALL_BUILD in Visual Studio Projects as the first project in the Solution file. This is okay if I want to build all the content.
But sometimes it would be great to change this behavior to a custom project as well.

The point is: Pressing F5 in Studio (just run the Application) won't work. Sure, you can setup the startup project manually. But it would be gread to set it per-project (means per solution).

I've patched it to use CMAKE_STARTUP_SOLUTION. This exchanges the string "ALL_BUILD" in the comparison of the project if possible. It would be even better to make something like

set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY STARTUP_APPLICATION MainWindow). This should only scope till the next project().
Steps To ReproduceJust press F5 on a Studio-runnable application.
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duplicate of 0015578closed  Target property that sets Startup Project in MSVC 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2016-01-21 13:26Luis RoalterNew Issue
2016-01-21 13:51Brad KingNote Added: 0040296
2016-02-28 00:44Eric WingNote Added: 0040568
2016-03-15 16:54Nils GladitzRelationship addedduplicate of 0015578
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotNote Added: 0042919
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotStatusnew => resolved
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotAssigned To => Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0040296)
Brad King   
2016-01-21 13:51   
For reference, there is a related change here:

 VS: Refactor target ordering logic
 https://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=03bfe71a [^]

It still hard-codes the "ALL_BUILD" name, just in a different place than it used to.
(0040568)
Eric Wing   
2016-02-28 00:44   
I want something like this. And also for Xcode.

The number one piece of confusion I'm getting from people is they can't figure out how to build a product from the generated CMake project. People understand enough and use VS/Xcode enough to know the Run button is supposed to build+run your program. CMake's ALL_BUILD goes against the standard workflow and intuition. And this makes for a poor first-time user-experience with CMake.
(0042919)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:29   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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