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Support for the Ninja Multi-Config generator

See original GitHub issue

Brief Issue Summary

CMake Tools bails out when trying to use the Ninja Multi-Config generator.

Expected:

Set "preferredGenerator": { "name": "Ninja Multi-Config" } for a Kit
Develop much like on would with a multi-configuration generator, such as MSBuild

Apparent Behavior:

Receive an error when setting the kit: Unable to set kit "{0}".

CMake Tools Log

[main] Configuring folder: Test-Boost.UT 
[main] Unable to determine what CMake generator to use. Please install or configure a preferred generator, or update settings.json, your Kit configuration or PATH variable. Error: No usable generator found.
[main] Unable to determine what CMake generator to use. Please install or configure a preferred generator, or update settings.json, your Kit configuration or PATH variable. Error: No usable generator found.

Platform and Versions

Operating System: Windows
CMake Version: 3.18.1
VSCode Version: 1.48.2
CMake Tools Extension Version: 1.4.1
Compiler/Toolchain: Visual C++ 2019

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Reactions:12
Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

bobbrowcommented, Mar 1, 2022

The fix for this issue is available in 1.10 “pre-release”. You can help us validate it by:

Opening the extensions panel in VS Code
Selecting the CMake Tools extension
Clicking the “Switch to Pre-release Version” button

1reaction

bobbrowcommented, Apr 6, 2022

This was included in 1.10 which is now generally available.

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