# Visual Studio 11 2012

Generates Visual Studio 11 (VS 2012) project files.

The `CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set to specify a target platform name (architecture).

For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name:

`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.

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