[CMake] Visual Studio 2012 Beta: unable to compile individual files

[Ben Medina]

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS
seems to have no effect for this generator.

- Ben

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Brett Delle Grazie
<brett.dellegrazie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 June 2012 00:21, Ben Medina <ben.medina at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone tried the Visual Studio 2012 beta with CMake's "Visual
>> Studio 11" generator? I've tried with several projects, and even a
>> simple project that just contains main.cpp has the same problem:
>> compiling a single file does not work. Instead, I get this in the
>> output window:
>>
>> 1>Error: Cannot build selected files.
>>
>> This seems to be because the paths to source files are absolute in the
>> CMake-generated project file. If I use Visual Studio's project wizard
>> to create a new project, the paths are relative, since the vcxproj and
>> the source files are in the same directory. Changing the
>> project-wizard-generated file to use absolute paths results in the
>> same error.
>>
>> Any thoughts? Should I file a bug with Microsoft?
>
> There is a variable that controls the build:
> CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS
>
> If you set this to 'TRUE' (its false by default), does that make a difference?
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>> --
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Brett Delle Grazie