[CMake] Using cmake under windows

[Arjen Markus]

Yann Renard wrote:

> Cheers guys,
>
> I'm trying to use cmake under windows in order to generate VC8 
> makefiles. I have read 
> http://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Generator_Specific_Information chapter 
> about windows and written down a sript that looks like this :
>
> set path=d:\yrenard\platform-sdk\bin;%path%
> set include=d:\yrenard\platform-sdk\include;%include%
> set lib=d:yrenard\platform-sdk\lib;%lib%
> call "d:\visual studio 8\vc\vcvarsall.bat"
>
> however, when calling 'cmake .' in my directory (even in the sample 
> directory provided by cmake documentation), the linker complains not 
> finding 'user32.lib'. This library is present in the 
> 'd:yrenard\platform-sdk\lib' directory. The error happens before cmake 
> does anything on the project, it happens on the testing phase while 
> cmake checks the compilator (cmTryCompileExec)...
>
> I'm getting mad with this error.
> The samples of the platform SDK compile correctly.

Have you checked that these environment variables are set correctly?
PATH and so on usually have embedded spaces and the DOS SET command
does not really like that.

Regards,

Arjen