Visual Studio 14 2015

.. deprecated:: 4.2

This generator is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of CMake. It will still be possible to build with VS 14 2015 tools using the :generator:Visual Studio 15 2017 (or above) generator with :variable:CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET set to v140, or by using the :generator:NMake Makefiles generator.

.. versionadded:: 3.1

Generates Visual Studio 14 (VS 2015) 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.

Platform Selection ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The default target platform name (architecture) is Win32.

The :variable:CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM variable may be set, perhaps via the :option:cmake -A option, to specify a target platform name (architecture). For example:

cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A Win32
cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A x64
cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A ARM

.. versionchanged:: 4.0

Previously, for compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one could specify a target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name. This has been removed. This was supported only for:

Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64 Specify target platform x64.

Visual Studio 14 2015 ARM Specify target platform ARM.

Toolset Selection ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The v140 toolset that comes with Visual Studio 14 2015 is selected by default. The :variable:CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET option may be set, perhaps via the :option:cmake -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:: include/VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH_LEGACY.rst

.. _Windows 10 SDK Maximum Version for VS 2015:

Windows 10 SDK Maximum Version for VS 2015 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. versionadded:: 3.19

Microsoft stated in a "Windows 10 October 2018 Update" blog post that Windows 10 SDK versions (15063, 16299, 17134, 17763) are not supported by VS 2015 and are only supported by VS 2017 and later. Therefore by default CMake automatically ignores Windows 10 SDKs beyond 10.0.14393.0.

However, there are other recommendations for certain driver/Win32 builds that indicate otherwise. A user can override this behavior by either setting the :variable:CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM to a false value or setting the :variable:CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM to the string value of the required maximum (e.g. 10.0.15063.0).