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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION.rst index eb7104998a..4a3ef4714d 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION.rst @@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION Visual Studio Windows Target Platform Version. -When targeting Windows 10 and above Visual Studio 2015 and above support -specification of a target Windows version to select a corresponding SDK. -The :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION` variable may be set to specify a -version. Otherwise CMake computes a default version based on the Windows -SDK versions available. The chosen Windows target version number is provided +When targeting Windows 10 and above, :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for +VS 2015 and above support specification of a Windows SDK version: + +* If :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` specifies a ``version=`` field, + as documented by :ref:`Visual Studio Platform Selection`, that SDK + version is selected. + +* Otherwise, if :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION` is set to an available + SDK version, that version is selected. + +* Otherwise, CMake uses the latest Windows SDK version available. + +The chosen Windows target version number is provided in ``CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION``. If no Windows 10 SDK is available this value will be empty. |