[CMake] Default Generator to use

[Sarnath K - ERS, HCLTech]

Thank you Eric....

The entry for 9.0 is already there and CMAKE is detecting it in our setup without passing any -G option.
And, the default is 32-bit build even on 64-bit machines. This is great news for us!

If this behavior is seen with the VC 10 installation then we are good to go on this without any changes.

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Sarnath

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Noulard [mailto:eric.noulard at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:08 PM
To: Sarnath K - ERS, HCLTech
Cc: cmake at cmake.org
Subject: Re: [CMake] Default Generator to use

2012/2/7 Sarnath K - ERS, HCLTech <k_sarnath at hcl.com>:
> I just looked at "ActualConfigure()" function. This is the same as the one mentioned in Stackoverflow URL.
>
> I think I will just create the correct entries in the registry and allow "CMAKE" to take the decision.
> I won't pass any "-G" at all.
>
> That's the most portable way as I look at it.

Not my opinion but that's your choice.

> "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\9.0;InstallDir]" -- seems to be the place.
> But I really don't understand what is the ";" doing there.
> Should I first create a 9.0 entry and then create an "InstallDir" inside it pointing to the directory where Visual Studio is installed?

You should read  more about what is the registry, before trying to modify it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/136393


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