<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Interesting that it works for you. Are you definitely using VS2012, not the VS2013 release candidate?<br><br>I believe the issue I'm experiencing is related to:<br><a href="http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=14369">http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=14369</a><br>
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/hh162058%28v=vs.120%29.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/hh162058%28v=vs.120%29.aspx</a><br><br></div>Ie. In VS2013 the tools version changes from 4.0 as msbuild is moved out of the framework.<br>
</div>However, I believe that this has mistakenly been put in the VS2012 generator, when it should go in a new VS2013 generator.<br><br>~<br></div>Doug.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Michael Jackson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.jackson@bluequartz.net" target="_blank">mike.jackson@bluequartz.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am running CMake 2.8.10.1 on Windows 7 x64 (inside a VM) and have Visual Studio 2012 Express installed (SP2 level) and I can definitely configure my project with CMake, open the solution file and build with VS express. Possibly the differentiating factor is that I also installed the "Windows Software Development Kit" so that I could also use QtCreator BUT maybe this allowed VS Express to work correctly with CMake?<br>
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Just another data point.<br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Oct 7, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Doug <<a href="mailto:douglas.linder@gmail.com">douglas.linder@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Oh, thank you~<br>
><br>
> I was just trying the nightly builds in the hopes that they had a fix with no luck, but you're right, generating a VS2011 project did work.<br>
><br>
> The 2012 generator is still broken in the nightlies, both for pro and express though as far as I can tell.<br>
><br>
> ~<br>
> Doug.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Daniel S. Reichenbach <<a href="mailto:daniel@kogitoapp.com">daniel@kogitoapp.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Anyway, long story short: I'm fairly certain that its currently not<br>
> possible to build cmake projects with visual studio express 2012 on<br>
> windows 7.<br>
> Use CMake 2.8.11 and it will work, there seems to be a fix in there.<br>
> Had to use the VS2011 generator but it works. Test in a Windows 7 x64<br>
> virtual machine with CMake 2.8.11 and Visual Studio Express 2012 for<br>
> Windows desktop.<br>
><br>
> WkR,<br>
> Daniel<br>
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