# Visual Studio 10 2010

Generates Visual Studio 10 (VS 2010) project files.

For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.0, one may specify this generator using the name `Visual Studio 10` without the year component.

## Project Types

Only Visual C++ and C# projects may be generated. Other types of projects (Database, Website, etc.) are not supported.

## Platform Selection

The `CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set, perhaps via the `cmake(1)` `-A` option, to specify a target platform name (architecture). For example:

- `cmake -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" -A Win32`
- `cmake -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" -A x64`
- `cmake -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" -A Itanium`

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 10 2010 Win64`
  Specify target platform `x64`.
`Visual Studio 10 2010 IA64`
  Specify target platform `Itanium`.

## Toolset Selection

The `v100` toolset that comes with Visual Studio 10 2010 is selected by default. The `CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` option may be set, perhaps via the `cmake(1)` `-T` option, to specify another toolset.