[CMake] Can't generate Release build in Visual Studio 9

[Michael Jackson]

I will thrown my 2 cents in for this. I also use a Command prompt to run CMake on Windows and I generate Visual Studio projects. If I want to do a build and not edit the code I do the following:

cmake.exe ../
msbuild /p:Configuration=Release MyProject.sln
msbuild /p:Configuration=Release PACKAGE.vcproj

Maybe not the most elegant solution but does work. I do like the idea of a .user file though.
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Mike Jackson                    Principal Software Engineer
BlueQuartz Software                            Dayton, Ohio
mike.jackson at bluequartz.net              www.bluequartz.net

On Feb 24, 2012, at 1:06 PM, John Drescher wrote:

>> The SLN solution contains all possible build-types. The user just have to
>> select which one they want (i.e. in Visual Studio, not cmake)
>> 
> 
> Continuing on this subject. The default configuration in Visual Studio
> is Debug so that is why debug is selected.
> 
> There are many ways around this:
> 
> 1. You could reduce the configurations that CMake creates down just to
> the one you want.
> 
> 2. Do batch building. I do this option. Look at the cmake --build command
> 
> 3. Use nmake makefiles (I believe)
> 
> 4. Generate a new .user file to specify the default build for your
> project in visual studio when you configure the project in cmake.
> 
> ...
> 
> John
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