[cmake-developers] Specifying VS target platform

[Patrick Gansterer]

Hi,

On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:55:16 -0400, Brad King wrote:
> On 09/13/2012 08:31 AM, Patrick Gansterer wrote:
>> we can remove the "*Win64|ARM" generators from the list of 
>> generators,
>> so new users will use the "better" way?
>
> Yes, I think so.
>
>>> Since VS 2010 the vcxproj files can specify the toolchain to use
>>> independent of the VS version
>>
>> Does this help for older generators too? AFAIK this isn't supported
>> in VS versions before 2010 and the last VS version supporting WinCE
>> is VS2008.
>
> The new interface should select only the platform and can do so for
> all generator versions that support more than one platform.  However,
> it can be extended in the future to *also* select the 
> PlatformToolset.
>
>>> We need an interface both on the command line and in the cmake-gui.
>>> An option like your proposed "-GP" should work well for the command
>>> line, through I'd like to think about the name a bit more.
>>
>> What can I do with the WinCE changes until you thought about it? ;-)
>
> Implement the "-GP" option instead of using CMAKE_WINCE_SDK.  If
> it is not too hard try to refactor the Win64 and ARM platform
> specification to work that way too.
>
> From that prototype we can easily change the name.  Once it works
> with the generator from the command line then we can look at adding
> the equivalent option to the GUI.
>
> Actually "-GP" may be good because then we can add "-GT" to select
> the _Tool_ version in VS >= 10.

I've pushed a new version to the ce branch again. Maybe you find time 
to give me some feedback. I'll test it in the meantime.

-- Patrick