1Visual Studio 11 2012
2---------------------
3
4Generates Visual Studio 11 (VS 2012) project files.
5
6For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.0, one may specify this
7generator using the name "Visual Studio 11" without the year component.
8
9Project Types
10^^^^^^^^^^^^^
11
12Only Visual C++ and C# projects may be generated (and Fortran with
13Intel compiler integration).  Other types of projects (JavaScript,
14Database, Website, etc.) are not supported.
15
16Platform Selection
17^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
18
19The default target platform name (architecture) is ``Win32``.
20
21.. versionadded:: 3.1
22  The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set, perhaps
23  via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-A`` option, to specify a target platform
24  name (architecture).  For example:
25
26  * ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A Win32``
27  * ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A x64``
28  * ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A ARM``
29  * ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A <WinCE-SDK>``
30    (Specify a target platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.)
31
32For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify
33a target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name.
34This is supported only for:
35
36``Visual Studio 11 2012 Win64``
37  Specify target platform ``x64``.
38
39``Visual Studio 11 2012 ARM``
40  Specify target platform ``ARM``.
41
42``Visual Studio 11 2012 <WinCE-SDK>``
43  Specify target platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.
44
45Toolset Selection
46^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
47
48The ``v110`` toolset that comes with Visual Studio 11 2012 is selected by
49default.  The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` option may be set, perhaps
50via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-T`` option, to specify another toolset.
51