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["Laurent Rineau (CGAL/GeometryFactory)" <>]

Le mercredi 23 janvier 2013 12:49:58 sara ershadi a écrit :
> Hi Mihir , 
> 
> My problem is I dont know what I should do after using CMake for configure
> and generate CGAL library . I usually open CGAL.sln file created by cmake
> certainly in relase mode . Ihave checked it in CMake gui . 
> CMAKE_build_type                                         Release
> 
> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX    C:/Program Files/CGAL
> 
> 
> then when I open CGAL.sln I set the release mode in visuall studio. 
> and then High light Install as start up project and then press the start
> debugging (F5) after some processing I see the output  :

The F5 key (start debugging) triggers a function that builds, and launches an 
executable in the Visual Studio debugger. The CGAL.sln solution contains 
targets (vcproj) that builds libraries (static or DLL), and a few others that 
are there for administrative purposes (like the INSTALL target).

> and this finish with a dialog box that say  : 
> unable to start program   C\CGAL4-0\build\*64\Release \install
> the system can not found the file specified .

If you want to install the CGAL libraries, you just need to "build" the 
INSTALL target. With F5 you ask your debugger to execute something that does 
not exist, and that explains the error message you get.

Look carefully at the following:

> Build succeeded.
> 6>
> 6>Time Elapsed 00:00:00.10
> 7>------ Skipped Build: Project: INSTALL, Configuration: Release x64 ------
> 7>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration 
> ========== Build: 6 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 1 skipped ==========

... That says that the build in Release mode was successful.

> I have tried it by setting CGAL as start up but it reaches the error about
> not founding the CGAL-vc100-mt-gd-4.0.lib . I am using CGAL -manual .

There is no need to modify the CGAL solution in any way after the CMake 
configuration produces it. Do not set anything as startup project, and just 
build the solution, using the Build menu.

-- 
Laurent Rineau, PhD
R&D Engineer at GeometryFactory           http://www.geometryfactory.com/
Release Manager of the CGAL Project       http://www.cgal.org/