[CMake] Express Edition

[Kelly Thompson]

FYI - I'm using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express and this variable is not
set by CMake for my project (I'm using the visual studio 10 generator).

Looking at Windows-cl.cmake for CMake-2.8.4, it appears that
CMAKE_USING_VC_FREE_TOOLS is only set when using the NMake Makefiles
generator.  If I copy the block of code that tests if this is a free
compiler from Microsoft to my own CMakeLists, it correctly identifies my
compiler and sets CMAKE_USING_VC_FREE_TOOLS to 1.

My tests are not exhaustive as I don't have the Pro version of VS2010 to
test against.  But this may be a bug in the compiler detection routines.  It
would appear that the check for CMAKE_USING_VC_FREE_TOOLS should be run for
both the NMake Makefiles and the Visual Studio Project generators.   Please
clarify if I am wrong in this assumption.

-kt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cmake-bounces at cmake.org [mailto:cmake-bounces at cmake.org] On Behalf
Of
> Daniel Pfeifer
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:00 AM
> To: cmake at cmake.org
> Subject: Re: [CMake] Express Edition
> 
> CMake does a check for the compiler. But not for the IDE.
> 
> If you are using the free compiler that is included in C++ Express,
> then the CMAKE_USING_VC_FREE_TOOLS variable is set.
> 
> It is however possible to use the free compiler in the professional IDE
> and vice versa. So using CMAKE_USING_VC_FREE_TOOLS is probably not
> reliable in this case.
> 
> cheers, Daniel
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 11.05.2011, 07:48 +0400 schrieb Yuri Timenkov:
> > Isn't CMAKE_USING_VC_FREE_TOOLS works? You can also look for files
> > containing builder configuration in BuildDir/CMakeFiles directory.
> >
> > Anyways, you can write your own test to check for VC version.
> >
> > On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, QbProg <tholag at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         Hello there,
> >         is there a quick & clean way to detect if we are using a
> >         Visual C++
> >         express edition with the MSVC generator?
> >         A variable of something like that.
> >         I would like to exclude solution folders in that case.
> >
> >         Thank you,
> >         Qb
> 
> 
> 
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