Function detectMSVCGenerator

buildsystems/build_cmake.go:407–441

()

}

func detectMSVCGenerator() (string, error) {
	// Query all available msvc installation paths.
	args := []string{
		"-products", "*",
		"-requires", "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",
		"-property", "installationPath",
	}
	exector := cmd.NewExecutor("[detect msvc generator]", "vswhere", args...)
	output, err := exector.ExecuteOutput()
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	// Trim the output.
	msvcDir := strings.TrimSpace(output)
	if msvcDir == "" {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("msvc not found, please install msvc first")
	}

	// return msvc name.
	switch {
	case strings.Contains(msvcDir, "18"):
		return visualStudio_18_2026, nil
	case strings.Contains(msvcDir, "2022"):
		return visualStudio_17_2022, nil
	case strings.Contains(msvcDir, "2019"):
		return visualStudio_16_2019, nil
	case strings.Contains(msvcDir, "2017"):
		return visualStudio_15_2017, nil
	case strings.Contains(msvcDir, "2015"):
		return visualStudio_14_2015, nil
	default:
		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported visual studio version: %s", msvcDir)
	}
}