[CMake] Some questions about CMake support for Visual Studio

[Tal Blum]

Hi,

 

I am trying to convert my group's existing Visual Studio project to using
CMake to support multiple platform development. For that purpose I am trying
to get Visual Studio solutions and project files to be as similar as
possible to the ones my group is currently using so that the transition
would not be painful. I have several questions I hope CMake has solutions to
and that you guys might have answers for.

 

1. Is there a nice way to create more than one VS solution file from a
CMakeLists.txt file? I am currently letting the user choosing what solution
to create and which libraries and executables to include, but it would be
better if all the solutions will be created without having to run CMake
multiple times with different selections.

 

2. In general, is there a way to limit the Cache string values that the user
can input or do I have to explicitly check the input using STRING (STREQUEL
.) for each of the options?

 

3. Is there a way to create a NEW Visual Studio configuration other than the
possible default 4 configurations (Release, Debug.)?

 

4. Our project also uses Microsoft Visual Source Safe for source control.
Does CMake VS generator support MS Source Safe? Comparing the project files
that we used to the files created by CMake the main differences are a few
lines that added to the project files that define where in source safe the
project was taken from and the files which use a relative path compared to
full path in projects created by CMake. USE_RELATIVE_PATHS as someone here
suggested didn't change anything.

 

Thanks for any information, Tal

 

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