# Visual Studio 11 2012

Deprecated. Generates Visual Studio 11 (VS 2012) project files.

Note

This generator is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of CMake. It will still be possible to build with VS 11 2012 tools using the `Visual Studio 12 2013` (or above) generator with `CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` set to `v110`, or by using the `NMake Makefiles` generator.

For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.0, one may specify this generator using the name "Visual Studio 11" without the year component.

## Project Types

Only Visual C++ and C# projects may be generated (and Fortran with Intel compiler integration). Other types of projects (JavaScript, Database, Website, etc.) are not supported.

## Platform Selection

The default target platform name (architecture) is `Win32`.

New in version 3.1: The `CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set, perhaps via the `cmake -A` option, to specify a target platform name (architecture). For example:

- `cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A Win32`

- `cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A x64`

- `cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A ARM`

- `cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A <WinCE-SDK>` (Specify a target platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.)

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 11 2012 Win64`

  Specify target platform `x64`.

`Visual Studio 11 2012 ARM`

  Specify target platform `ARM`.

`Visual Studio 11 2012 <WinCE-SDK>`

  Specify target platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.

## Toolset Selection

The `v110` toolset that comes with Visual Studio 11 2012 is selected by default. The `CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` option may be set, perhaps via the `cmake -T` option, to specify another toolset.