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diff --git a/share/cmake-3.22/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15 2017.rst b/share/cmake-3.22/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15 2017.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4d6f6d --- /dev/null +++ b/share/cmake-3.22/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15 2017.rst @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Visual Studio 15 2017 +--------------------- + +.. versionadded:: 3.7.1 + +Generates Visual Studio 15 (VS 2017) project files. + +Project Types +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Only Visual C++ and C# projects may be generated (and Fortran with +Intel compiler integration). Other types of projects (JavaScript, +Powershell, Python, etc.) are not supported. + +Instance Selection +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. versionadded:: 3.11 + +VS 2017 supports multiple installations on the same machine. +The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE` variable may be set as a +cache entry containing the absolute path to a Visual Studio instance. +If the value is not specified explicitly by the user or a toolchain file, +CMake queries the Visual Studio Installer to locate VS instances, chooses +one, and sets the variable as a cache entry to hold the value persistently. + +When CMake first chooses an instance, if the ``VS150COMNTOOLS`` environment +variable is set and points to the ``Common7/Tools`` directory within +one of the instances, that instance will be used. Otherwise, if more +than one instance is installed we do not define which one is chosen +by default. + +Platform Selection +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The default target platform name (architecture) is ``Win32``. + +The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set, perhaps +via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-A`` option, to specify a target platform +name (architecture). For example: + +* ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A Win32`` +* ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A x64`` +* ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A ARM`` +* ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A ARM64`` + +For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify +a target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name. +This is supported only for: + +``Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64`` + Specify target platform ``x64``. + +``Visual Studio 15 2017 ARM`` + Specify target platform ``ARM``. + +Toolset Selection +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The ``v141`` toolset that comes with Visual Studio 15 2017 is selected by +default. The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` option may be set, perhaps +via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-T`` option, to specify another toolset. + +.. |VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH_DEFAULT| replace:: + By default this generator uses the 32-bit variant even on a 64-bit host. + +.. include:: VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH_LEGACY.txt |