Hi Surya. Generator expressions are not supported universally in CMake; only some properties support them, and they are all documented as doing so. WIN32_EXECUTABLE does not support genexes.
As for a workaround, you could create two executable targets, one which would only be built in Release and one which would be built in other configurations. Properties such as EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL and EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD_<CONFIG> might come in handy. However, I find the whole concept somewhat strange. Why is your executable so fundamentally different between Release and other configurations? Perhaps there is a different way of achieving your actual goal, without a need for this. Petr On 13 May 2018 at 13:12, Surya Kiran Gullapalli < suryakiran.gullapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > With Cmake-3.11.1 and Visual Studio 2017 generator, I'm trying to set > WIN32_EXECUTABLE property on executable only for release mode with > generator expression like this > > set_target_properties(target PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE $<CONFIG:Release>) > > The generator expression doesn't seem to be working as I see > /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE link flag for both Debug and Release configurations. > > set_target_properties(target PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE 1) is working > though. > > Please help. > Thanks, > Surya > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ > opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > >
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