Visual Studio 8 2005 -------------------- Deprecated. Generates Visual Studio 8 2005 project files. .. note:: This generator is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of CMake. It will still be possible to build with VS 8 2005 tools using the :generator:`Visual Studio 10 2010` (or above) generator with :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` set to ``v80``, or by using the :generator:`NMake Makefiles` generator. The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set to specify a target platform name. 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 8 2005 Win64`` Specify target platform ``x64``. ``Visual Studio 8 2005 `` Specify target platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.