[CMake] Using cmake to configure a 32 bit project on Windows 64 Bit OS

[Mike Jackson]

And just to follow up, all I had to do was "Add Components" to the
already installed VC++ tools to add the "Visual C#" package and now it
looks like I am in business.. Sorry for the noise.

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net


On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Mike Jackson
<mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
> Evidently, after a bunch of google searches the problem is that the
> VS2008 installer does not seem to install the 32 bit cl.exe programs
> unless you choose to install EVERYTHING. I most likely did not select
> that option as all I wanted was C++ development. I didn't see the need
> for the VB, C# and Web stuff. Stupid Me...
> _____________________________________________________
> Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Mike Jackson
>> <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
>>> I tried the following:
>>>
>>>  Open the "Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt"
>>>  Navigate to my project.
>>>  CMake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" ../
>>>
>>>  and I get the error that says the C compiler can not compile a simple
>>> test program. Looking at the error log it would seem that cl.exe isn't
>>> on the path anywhere. I double checked by running vcvars.bat again but
>>> nothing.
>>>
>>> Pretty sure I just did the standard install for VS 2008 Standard
>>> Edition. This is on Windows 7 x64. Maybe I can't build 32 bit apps
>>> with the standard edition?
>>>
>>> Dunno but I bet there is someone in CMake land who has hit this
>>> problem and I am sure it is something simple that I am missing.
>>>
>>
>> Did you run CMake from the 32 bit command prompt or the x64 one?
>>
>> John
>>
>