Randy, Miroslav's recommendation should work. To expand on his response, here are the commands that I use with VS2017 to allow cmake to run from the command line:
- Start cmd session (should also work via powershell) - To import VS17's command line environment run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86 - Add extra project specific environment variables (possibly including appending PATH with the location of cmake). I created a batch file that does these steps for me (and a shortcut on my desktop that runs the batch file). @echo off rem cmake-with-vs17-env.bat @call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86 %* set PATH=%PATH%;c:\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Program Files\doxygen\bin;c:\Python27amd64 rem set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<whatever> With this environment, I can run cmake from the command line (cmake-gui or cmake). I can generate "Visual Studio 15 2017" or "MSYS Makefiles" projects and I can build them with or w/o the GUI. I hope this helps! -kt -----Original Message----- From: CMake [mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Mateju Miroslav, Ing. Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 6:15 AM To: Randy Heiland <randy.heil...@gmail.com>; cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] Visual Studio 2017 Hello Randy, From: CMake [mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Randy Heiland Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 1:38 PM > Is there a "best way" to use cmake for VS17 (but same cakelists for Linux)? > And by "best", I mean with minimal effort on users. > To be more specific, on Windows, I *think* I'd like to have users install the > cmake binary, then use Powershell to build an application. Is there really a need for using PowerShell if you also want to use the same CMakeLists for Linux? > But my initial attempt to do so is confusing. I install VS17 (for C++), it > installs in standard path, but 'cl' is not found in Powershell. I read that I > shouldn't edit my PATH (nor do I really want users to have to), but run some > .bat instead to setup my env. So, how should one specify the compiler for > cmake? Oh yes, then I see that VS17 also has its own cmake?? Have you run CMake successfully yet? I am not really aware how it works but CMake *can* for sure detect VS in my CLI environment without having VS in PATH. If you use an IDE that understands CMake (like VS17 or Qt Creator, for example), you should be able to open a CMake project in the IDE and build it there. Please report your particular problem if it does not work for you. If you prefer to run cl.exe in CLI, then vcvarsall.bat is the .bat file you are looking for. Best regards, Ing. Miroslav Matějů Programmer Analyst AŽD Praha s.r.o. Technology Division Research and Development Žirovnická 2/3146, 106 17 Prague Czech Republic Phone: +420 267 287 476 Web: www.azd.cz -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
