[CMake] FW: Visual Studio 2017

[Thompson, KT]

Robert,

That certainly doesn't work for me - but maybe I'm doing something non-standard. 

If I don't source the vcvarsall.bat file, SDK installations (c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\... and c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\...) are not found by CMake.

-kt

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Maynard [mailto:robert.maynard at kitware.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 8:17 AM
To: Thompson, KT <kgt at lanl.gov>
Cc: cmake at cmake.org
Subject: Re: [CMake] FW: Visual Studio 2017

You shouldn't need to import VS17 vcvarsall to use the VS17 Generator,
that should only be needed if using the MSYS or Ninja generators.

As far as building from the command line, the easiest route is to use
cmake --build <path to build directory>  --config <cfg>

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Thompson, KT <kgt at lanl.gov> wrote:
> Randy,
>
> Miroslav's recommendation should work. To expand on his response, here are the commands that I use with VS2017 to allow cmake to run from the command line:
>
> - Start cmd session (should also work via powershell)
> - To import VS17's command line environment run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86
> - Add extra project specific environment variables (possibly including appending PATH with the location of cmake).
>
> I created a batch file that does these steps for me (and a shortcut on my desktop that runs the batch file).
>
> @echo off
> rem cmake-with-vs17-env.bat
> @call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86 %*
> set PATH=%PATH%;c:\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Program Files\doxygen\bin;c:\Python27amd64
> rem set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<whatever>
>
> With this environment, I can run cmake from the command line (cmake-gui or cmake). I can generate "Visual Studio 15 2017" or "MSYS Makefiles" projects and I can build them with or w/o the GUI.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> -kt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CMake [mailto:cmake-bounces at cmake.org] On Behalf Of Mateju Miroslav, Ing.
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 6:15 AM
> To: Randy Heiland <randy.heiland at gmail.com>; cmake at cmake.org
> Subject: Re: [CMake] Visual Studio 2017
>
> Hello Randy,
>
> From: CMake [mailto:cmake-bounces at cmake.org] On Behalf Of Randy Heiland
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 1:38 PM
>
>> Is there a "best way" to use cmake for VS17 (but same cakelists for Linux)? And by "best", I mean with minimal effort on users.
>> To be more specific, on Windows, I *think* I'd like to have users install the cmake binary, then use Powershell to build an application.
> Is there really a need for using PowerShell if you also want to use the same CMakeLists for Linux?
>
>> But my initial attempt to do so is confusing. I install VS17 (for C++), it installs in standard path, but 'cl' is not found in Powershell. I read that I shouldn't edit my PATH (nor do I really want users to have to), but run some .bat instead to setup my env. So, how should one specify the compiler for cmake? Oh yes, then I see that VS17 also has its own cmake??
>
>
> Have you run CMake successfully yet? I am not really aware how it works but CMake *can* for sure detect VS in my CLI environment without having VS in PATH. If you use an IDE that understands CMake (like VS17 or Qt Creator, for example), you should be able to open a CMake project in the IDE and build it there. Please report your particular problem if it does not work for you.
> If you prefer to run cl.exe in CLI, then vcvarsall.bat is the .bat file you are looking for.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ing. Miroslav Matějů
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>
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