[CMake] [VS gen] Multiple configurations code

[John Drescher]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:31 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You do not have multiple copies of the source. You have 1 copy of the
>> source that you build in multiple trees. For me I build 32 and 64 bit
>> for multiple compilers. They all share the same source tree but have
>> different build trees.
>>
>> For example my source is in
>>
>> X:\CmakeBased
>>
>> My builds are in
>>
>> X:\32bit\vs.71
>> X:\32bit\vs.80
>> X:\32bit\vs.90
>>
>> X:\64bit\vs.80
>> X:\64bit\vs.90
>>
>> For each build I need to open the appropriate project file in the build tree.
>
> Isn't it easier to use the command line?
> If this is automated, it's not too bad.
> Does CMake provide a way to automate this?
>

I do a mix of both.

Additionally I have my projects generate a batch file in the build
tree called Batch\install.bat

calling that from a batch file for each dependent project causes all
projects to build and install and at the end I get a NSIS installer
for the main application.

John