[CMake] VS 8 generator/WinXP x64...

[Julien Jomier]

Hi Lars,

I had (and still have) the same problem, it seems that CMake cannot find 
the correct CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM for Visual Studio 8. I think this is a 
bug in CMake.

The solution is to set the CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM by hand when running CMake:

CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM:FILEPATH=C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 
8/Common7/IDE/devenv.exe

Bill/Brad should I submit a bug? I had the problem a couple weeks ago 
and forgot to report the issue to the list.

regards,

Julien

Lars Pechan wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm using CMake 2.0.6 on a Win x64 box. I can generate projects for  
> Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003 without any problems. I have the second  beta 
> of Visual Studio 8 but when I try to generate for it I get this  error:
> 
> "CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding  to 
> "Visual Studio 8 2005". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You  probably 
> need to select a different build tool.
> 
> I have made sure that the correct vsvars.bat has been read and I can  
> run 'nmake' from the command line fine. If I manually set up  
> NMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM to 'nmake' I get an error when CMake tests 'cl':
> 
> "The C compiler "cl" is not able to compile a simple test program, It  
> fails with the following output: NMAKE: fatal error U1065: invalid  
> option 'j' Stop. CMake will not be able to correctly generate the  project.
> 
> I have tried this using the cmake command line as well as cmakesetup  
> and the problem is the same. I do realise I might be pushing things a  
> bit but with both CMake and VS7.1/VS8 running under WoW64 I would  
> expect this to work. I just tested to generate for "Visual Studio 8  
> 2005" using CMake-2.0.5 on a Win32 machine and the result remains the  
> same.
> 
> A general question about the Windows generators: Do you have to run  VSx 
> to generate a project for VSx or can I use VS7.1 to create a VS8  
> project file? If not, is the other way kosher, i.e use VS8 to  generate 
> a build file for VS7.1?
> 
> Another matter: Are there any plans for a 64-bit version of CMake?
> 
> Any info appreciated.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> /Lars
> 
> PS. I have also tested with various CMake-CVS versions without any  
> different behaviour.
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