[CMake] PREDEFINED_TARGETS_FOLDER and ALL_BUILD Target

[aaron.meadows at thomsonreuters.com]

> It is (forced by backwards compatibility requirements) by design.

> 

> Here is the source code where I wanted to assign it to the
CMakePredefinedTargetsFolder:

> 

> #if 0

>       // Can't activate this code because we want ALL_BUILD

>       // selected as the default "startup project" when first

>       // opened in Visual Studio... And if it's nested in a

>       // folder, then that doesn't happen.

>       //

>       // Organize in the "predefined targets" folder:

>       //

>       if (this->UseFolderProperty())

>         {

>         allBuild->SetProperty("FOLDER",
this->GetPredefinedTargetsFolder());

>         }

> #endif

> 

> 

> Sorry,

> David

 

Is there some reason that couldn't be a property as well?  Or possibly a
Policy?  I'm not sure I understand 1) why ALL_BUILD couldn't be the
default project from within a folder, and 2) why it needs to be the
default project (beyond backward compatibility.).



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