Drop Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003 generator

This generator has been deprecated since CMake 3.6.  Remove it.

39 files changed, 45 insertions, 231 deletions

diff --git a/CompileFlags.cmake b/CompileFlags.cmake
index c875e6f..d70e3af 100644
--- a/CompileFlags.cmake
+++ b/CompileFlags.cmake
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # set some special flags for different compilers
 #
-if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 7")
-  set(CMAKE_SKIP_COMPATIBILITY_TESTS 1)
-endif()
-
 if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel")
   set(_INTEL_WINDOWS 1)
 endif()
diff --git a/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst b/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
index 80e7edf..d038406 100644
--- a/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
+++ b/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ of the following is specified:
 
 ``PRE_BUILD``
   Run before any other rules are executed within the target.
-  This is supported only on Visual Studio 7 or later.
+  This is supported only on Visual Studio 8 or later.
   For all other generators ``PRE_BUILD`` will be treated as
   ``PRE_LINK``.
 ``PRE_LINK``
diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003.rst
index 1c086a0..d4c7869 100644
--- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003.rst
+++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
 -------------------------
 
-Deprecated.  Generates Visual Studio .NET 2003 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 7.1 tools using the
-  :generator:`NMake Makefiles` generator.
+Removed.  This once generated Visual Studio .NET 2003 project files, but
+the generator has been removed since CMake 3.9.  It is still possible to
+build with VS 7.1 tools using the :generator:`NMake Makefiles` generator.
diff --git a/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_POST_section.rst b/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_POST_section.rst
index eb91832..dcd2a4e 100644
--- a/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_POST_section.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_POST_section.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pairs.  Each such pair will be transformed into an entry in the
 solution global section.  Whitespace around key and value is ignored.
 List elements which do not contain an equal sign are skipped.
 
-This property only works for Visual Studio 7 and above; it is ignored
+This property only works for Visual Studio 8 and above; it is ignored
 on other generators.  The property only applies when set on a
 directory whose CMakeLists.txt contains a project() command.
 
diff --git a/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_PRE_section.rst b/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_PRE_section.rst
index fbcd9e6..200e8e6 100644
--- a/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_PRE_section.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_PRE_section.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ pairs.  Each such pair will be transformed into an entry in the
 solution global section.  Whitespace around key and value is ignored.
 List elements which do not contain an equal sign are skipped.
 
-This property only works for Visual Studio 7 and above; it is ignored
+This property only works for Visual Studio 8 and above; it is ignored
 on other generators.  The property only applies when set on a
 directory whose CMakeLists.txt contains a project() command.
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD.rst
index 19270a5..a14e48c 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD
 
 Exclude target from "Build Solution".
 
-This property is only used by Visual Studio generators 7 and above.
+This property is only used by Visual Studio generators.
 When set to TRUE, the target will not be built when you press "Build
 Solution".
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/remove-vs7.1-generator.rst b/Help/release/dev/remove-vs7.1-generator.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72ffafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/remove-vs7.1-generator.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+remove-vs7.1-generator
+----------------------
+
+* The :generator:`Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003` generator has been removed.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR.rst
index ba25a35..c36599a 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Example values:
 
 ::
 
-  $(ConfigurationName) = Visual Studio 7, 8, 9
+  $(ConfigurationName) = Visual Studio 8, 9
   $(Configuration)     = Visual Studio 10
   $(CONFIGURATION)     = Xcode
   .                    = Make-based tools
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_MFC_FLAG.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_MFC_FLAG.rst
index 1543677..5a392bf 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_MFC_FLAG.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_MFC_FLAG.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Tell cmake to use MFC for an executable or dll.
 
 This can be set in a ``CMakeLists.txt`` file and will enable MFC in the
 application.  It should be set to ``1`` for the static MFC library, and ``2``
-for the shared MFC library.  This is used in Visual Studio 7
+for the shared MFC library.  This is used in Visual Studio
 project files.  The CMakeSetup dialog used MFC and the ``CMakeLists.txt``
 looks like this:
 
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND.rst
index 14cc50a..51b42dd 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND
 -----------------------
 
-The generators for :generator:`Visual Studio 7` and above set this
+The generators for :generator:`Visual Studio 8 2005` and above set this
 variable to the ``devenv.com`` command installed with the corresponding
 Visual Studio version.  Note that this variable may be empty on
 Visual Studio Express editions because they do not provide this tool.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_INTEL_Fortran_PROJECT_VERSION.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_INTEL_Fortran_PROJECT_VERSION.rst
index 0be10e5..6d196f9 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_INTEL_Fortran_PROJECT_VERSION.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_INTEL_Fortran_PROJECT_VERSION.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CMAKE_VS_INTEL_Fortran_PROJECT_VERSION
 --------------------------------------
 
-When generating for :generator:`Visual Studio 7` or greater with the Intel
+When generating for :generator:`Visual Studio 8 2005` or greater with the Intel
 Fortran plugin installed, this specifies the ``.vfproj`` project file format
 version.  This is intended for internal use by CMake and should not be
 used by project code.
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityC.cmake b/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityC.cmake
index 228e063..5d86d73 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityC.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityC.cmake
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 # file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
 
 
-# Nothing here yet
-if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 7")
-  include(CMakeVS7BackwardCompatibility)
-  set(CMAKE_SKIP_COMPATIBILITY_TESTS 1)
-endif()
-
 if(NOT CMAKE_SKIP_COMPATIBILITY_TESTS)
   # Old CMake versions did not support OS X universal binaries anyway,
   # so just get through this with at least some size for the types.
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCSharpCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCSharpCompiler.cmake
index 1b8dd02..55b2fb3 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCSharpCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCSharpCompiler.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
 # file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
 
-if(NOT ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^789]|[789][0-9])")
+if(NOT ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^89]|[89][0-9])")
    message(FATAL_ERROR
     "C# is currently only supported for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and later.")
 endif()
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake
index 55a6f0c..89ac9fa 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules//CMakeParseImplicitLinkInfo.cmake)
 
 if( NOT ( ("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Make") OR
           ("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Ninja") OR
-          ("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio (1|[7-9][0-9])") ) )
+          ("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio (1|[89][0-9])") ) )
   message(FATAL_ERROR "CUDA language not currently supported by \"${CMAKE_GENERATOR}\" generator")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeVS7BackwardCompatibility.cmake b/Modules/CMakeVS7BackwardCompatibility.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index cf477c8..0000000
--- a/Modules/CMakeVS7BackwardCompatibility.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
-# file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
-
-
-# hard code these for fast backwards compatibility tests
-set (CMAKE_SIZEOF_INT       4   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of int data type")
-set (CMAKE_SIZEOF_LONG      4   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of long data type")
-set (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P    4   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of void* data type")
-set (CMAKE_SIZEOF_CHAR      1   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of char data type")
-set (CMAKE_SIZEOF_SHORT     2   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of short data type")
-set (CMAKE_SIZEOF_FLOAT     4   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of float data type")
-set (CMAKE_SIZEOF_DOUBLE    8   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of double data type")
-set (CMAKE_NO_ANSI_FOR_SCOPE 0 CACHE INTERNAL
-         "Does the compiler support ansi for scope.")
-set (CMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS  TRUE CACHE BOOL    "Use the win32 thread library.")
-set (CMAKE_WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 CACHE INTERNAL "endianness of bytes")
diff --git a/Modules/CTest.cmake b/Modules/CTest.cmake
index 7aeb5be..9370596 100644
--- a/Modules/CTest.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CTest.cmake
@@ -54,15 +54,11 @@ in the ``CTestConfig.cmake`` file.
 option(BUILD_TESTING "Build the testing tree." ON)
 
 # function to turn generator name into a version string
-# like vs7 vs71 vs8 vs9
+# like vs8 vs9
 function(GET_VS_VERSION_STRING generator var)
   string(REGEX REPLACE "Visual Studio ([0-9][0-9]?)($|.*)" "\\1"
     NUMBER "${generator}")
-  if("${generator}" MATCHES "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003")
-    set(ver_string "vs71")
-  else()
     set(ver_string "vs${NUMBER}")
-  endif()
   set(${var} ${ver_string} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-df.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-df.cmake
index b31cb11..c59be45 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-df.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-df.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ set(CMAKE_Fortran_LINK_EXECUTABLE
 set(CMAKE_CREATE_WIN32_EXE /winapp)
 set(CMAKE_CREATE_CONSOLE_EXE )
 
-if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 7" OR CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 8")
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 8")
   set (CMAKE_NO_BUILD_TYPE 1)
 endif()
 # does the compiler support pdbtype and is it the newer compiler
diff --git a/Source/CPack/OSXScriptLauncher.cxx b/Source/CPack/OSXScriptLauncher.cxx
index 701481d..b48bf12 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/OSXScriptLauncher.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/OSXScriptLauncher.cxx
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   int length;
   while (cmsysProcess_WaitForData(cp, &data, &length, 0)) {
     // Translate NULL characters in the output into valid text.
-    // Visual Studio 7 puts these characters in the output of its
-    // build process.
     for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
       if (data[i] == '\0') {
         data[i] = ' ';
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
index 3f8d381..aeceb8d 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
@@ -13,58 +13,6 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator(
   : cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator(cm, platformName)
 {
   this->ProjectConfigurationSectionName = "ProjectConfiguration";
-  this->Version = VS71;
-}
-
-std::string cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::GetUserMacrosDirectory()
-{
-  // Macros not supported on Visual Studio 7.1 and earlier because
-  // they do not appear to work *during* a build when called by an
-  // outside agent...
-  //
-  return "";
-
-#if 0
-  //
-  // The COM result from calling a Visual Studio macro with 7.1 indicates
-  // that the call succeeds, but the macro does not appear to execute...
-  //
-  // So, I am leaving this code here to show how to do it, but have not
-  // yet figured out what the issue is in terms of why the macro does not
-  // appear to execute...
-  //
-  std::string base;
-  std::string path;
-
-  // base begins with the VisualStudioProjectsLocation reg value...
-  if (cmSystemTools::ReadRegistryValue(
-    "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1;"
-    "VisualStudioProjectsLocation",
-    base))
-    {
-    cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(base);
-
-    // 7.1 macros folder:
-    path = base + "/VSMacros71";
-    }
-
-  // path is (correctly) still empty if we did not read the base value from
-  // the Registry value
-  return path;
-#endif
-}
-
-std::string cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::GetUserMacrosRegKeyBase()
-{
-  // Macros not supported on Visual Studio 7.1 and earlier because
-  // they do not appear to work *during* a build when called by an
-  // outside agent...
-  //
-  return "";
-
-#if 0
-  return "Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\vsmacros";
-#endif
 }
 
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::WriteSLNFile(
@@ -91,11 +39,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::WriteSLNFile(
   std::ostringstream targetsSlnString;
   this->WriteTargetsToSolution(targetsSlnString, root, orderedProjectTargets);
 
-  // VS 7 does not support folders specified first.
-  if (this->GetVersion() <= VS71) {
-    fout << targetsSlnString.str();
-  }
-
   // Generate folder specification.
   bool useFolderProperty = this->UseFolderProperty();
   if (useFolderProperty) {
@@ -103,9 +46,7 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::WriteSLNFile(
   }
 
   // Now write the actual target specification content.
-  if (this->GetVersion() > VS71) {
-    fout << targetsSlnString.str();
-  }
+  fout << targetsSlnString.str();
 
   // Write out the configurations information for the solution
   fout << "Global\n";
@@ -280,10 +221,3 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::WriteSLNHeader(std::ostream& fout)
 {
   fout << "Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.00\n";
 }
-
-void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::GetDocumentation(
-  cmDocumentationEntry& entry)
-{
-  entry.Name = cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::GetActualName();
-  entry.Brief = "Deprecated. Generates Visual Studio .NET 2003 project files.";
-}
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h
index c65a84a..0ce02aa 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h
@@ -15,37 +15,8 @@ class cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator : public cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 public:
   cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator(cmake* cm,
                                   const std::string& platformName = "");
-  static cmGlobalGeneratorFactory* NewFactory()
-  {
-    return new cmGlobalGeneratorSimpleFactory<
-      cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator>();
-  }
-
-  ///! Get the name for the generator.
-  virtual std::string GetName() const
-  {
-    return cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::GetActualName();
-  }
-  static std::string GetActualName() { return "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003"; }
-
-  /** Get the documentation entry for this generator.  */
-  static void GetDocumentation(cmDocumentationEntry& entry);
-
-  /**
-   * Where does this version of Visual Studio look for macros for the
-   * current user? Returns the empty string if this version of Visual
-   * Studio does not implement support for VB macros.
-   */
-  virtual std::string GetUserMacrosDirectory();
-
-  /**
-   * What is the reg key path to "vsmacros" for this version of Visual
-   * Studio?
-   */
-  virtual std::string GetUserMacrosRegKeyBase();
 
 protected:
-  virtual const char* GetIDEVersion() { return "7.1"; }
   virtual void WriteSLNFile(std::ostream& fout, cmLocalGenerator* root,
                             std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& generators);
   virtual void WriteSolutionConfigurations(
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 5756eaf..14ec72f 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -293,19 +293,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::Generate()
   if (!cmSystemTools::GetErrorOccuredFlag()) {
     this->CallVisualStudioMacro(MacroReload);
   }
-
-  if (this->Version == VS71 && !this->CMakeInstance->GetIsInTryCompile()) {
-    const char* cmakeWarnVS71 =
-      this->CMakeInstance->GetState()->GetCacheEntryValue("CMAKE_WARN_VS71");
-    if (!cmakeWarnVS71 || !cmSystemTools::IsOff(cmakeWarnVS71)) {
-      this->CMakeInstance->IssueMessage(
-        cmake::WARNING,
-        "The \"Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003\" generator is deprecated "
-        "and will be removed in a future version of CMake."
-        "\n"
-        "Add CMAKE_WARN_VS71=OFF to the cache to disable this warning.");
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputSLNFile(
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.h
index a5a7f9a..c12a933 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ public:
   /** Known versions of Visual Studio.  */
   enum VSVersion
   {
-    VS71 = 71,
     VS8 = 80,
     VS9 = 90,
     VS10 = 100,
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index a36e1f6..7535ef4 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -898,8 +898,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteConfiguration(
   // end of <Tool Name=VCMIDLTool
 
   // Add manifest tool settings.
-  if (targetBuilds &&
-      this->GetVersion() >= cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8) {
+  if (targetBuilds) {
     const char* manifestTool = "VCManifestTool";
     if (this->FortranProject) {
       manifestTool = "VFManifestTool";
@@ -1040,8 +1039,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(
       fout << "\t\t\t<Tool\n"
            << "\t\t\t\tName=\"" << tool << "\"\n";
 
-      if (this->GetVersion() < cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8 ||
-          this->FortranProject) {
+      if (this->FortranProject) {
         std::ostringstream libdeps;
         this->Internal->OutputObjects(libdeps, target, configName);
         if (!libdeps.str().empty()) {
@@ -1094,8 +1092,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(
       // libraries which may be set by the user to something bad.
       fout << "\t\t\t\tAdditionalDependencies=\"$(NOINHERIT) "
            << this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(standardLibsVar.c_str());
-      if (this->GetVersion() < cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8 ||
-          this->FortranProject) {
+      if (this->FortranProject) {
         this->Internal->OutputObjects(fout, target, configName, " ");
       }
       fout << " ";
@@ -1179,8 +1176,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(
       // libraries which may be set by the user to something bad.
       fout << "\t\t\t\tAdditionalDependencies=\"$(NOINHERIT) "
            << this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(standardLibsVar.c_str());
-      if (this->GetVersion() < cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8 ||
-          this->FortranProject) {
+      if (this->FortranProject) {
         this->Internal->OutputObjects(fout, target, configName, " ");
       }
       fout << " ";
@@ -1376,10 +1372,9 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteVCProjFile(std::ostream& fout,
     cmSourceFile const* sf = sources[si].Source;
     sourcesIndex[sf] = si;
     if (!sf->GetObjectLibrary().empty()) {
-      if (this->GetVersion() < cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8 ||
-          this->FortranProject) {
-        // VS < 8 does not support per-config source locations so we
-        // list object library content on the link line instead.
+      if (this->FortranProject) {
+        // Intel Fortran does not support per-config source locations
+        // so we list object library content on the link line instead.
         // See OutputObjects.
         continue;
       }
@@ -1962,11 +1957,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteProjectStart(
        << "<VisualStudioProject\n"
        << "\tProjectType=\"Visual C++\"\n";
   /* clang-format on */
-  if (gg->GetVersion() == cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS71) {
-    fout << "\tVersion=\"7.10\"\n";
-  } else {
-    fout << "\tVersion=\"" << (gg->GetVersion() / 10) << ".00\"\n";
-  }
+  fout << "\tVersion=\"" << (gg->GetVersion() / 10) << ".00\"\n";
   const char* projLabel = target->GetProperty("PROJECT_LABEL");
   if (!projLabel) {
     projLabel = libName.c_str();
@@ -1976,9 +1967,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteProjectStart(
     keyword = "Win32Proj";
   }
   fout << "\tName=\"" << projLabel << "\"\n";
-  if (gg->GetVersion() >= cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8) {
-    fout << "\tProjectGUID=\"{" << gg->GetGUID(libName.c_str()) << "}\"\n";
-  }
+  fout << "\tProjectGUID=\"{" << gg->GetGUID(libName.c_str()) << "}\"\n";
   this->WriteProjectSCC(fout, target);
   if (const char* targetFrameworkVersion =
         target->GetProperty("VS_DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK_VERSION")) {
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index 8dc6571..7ace0a3 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -617,8 +617,6 @@ bool cmSystemTools::RunSingleCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& command,
     while ((pipe = cmsysProcess_WaitForData(cp, &data, &length, CM_NULLPTR)) >
            0) {
       // Translate NULL characters in the output into valid text.
-      // Visual Studio 7 puts these characters in the output of its
-      // build process.
       for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
         if (data[i] == '\0') {
           data[i] = ' ';
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
index 370e4da..1f808c8 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ void cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions::FixExceptionHandlingDefault()
   // the flag to disable exception handling.  When the user does
   // remove the flag we need to override the IDE default of on.
   switch (this->Version) {
-    case cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS71:
-      this->FlagMap["ExceptionHandling"] = "FALSE";
-      break;
     case cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10:
     case cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS11:
     case cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS12:
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index f0ae316..737587d 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 #include "cmGlobalVisualStudio12Generator.h"
 #include "cmGlobalVisualStudio14Generator.h"
 #include "cmGlobalVisualStudio15Generator.h"
-#include "cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h"
 #include "cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h"
 #include "cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.h"
 #include "cmVSSetupHelper.h"
@@ -1461,8 +1460,7 @@ void cmake::CreateDefaultGlobalGenerator()
     { "11.0", "Visual Studio 11 2012" }, //
     { "10.0", "Visual Studio 10 2010" }, //
     { "9.0", "Visual Studio 9 2008" },   //
-    { "8.0", "Visual Studio 8 2005" },   //
-    { "7.1", "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003" }
+    { "8.0", "Visual Studio 8 2005" }
   };
   static const char* const vsEntries[] = {
     "\\Setup\\VC;ProductDir", //
@@ -1672,7 +1670,6 @@ void cmake::AddDefaultGenerators()
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator::NewFactory());
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator::NewFactory());
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::NewFactory());
-  this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::NewFactory());
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalBorlandMakefileGenerator::NewFactory());
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalNMakeMakefileGenerator::NewFactory());
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalJOMMakefileGenerator::NewFactory());
diff --git a/Tests/BuildDepends/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/BuildDepends/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b48b14..11978db 100644
--- a/Tests/BuildDepends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/BuildDepends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ list(APPEND _cmake_options "-DTEST_LINK_DEPENDS=${TEST_LINK_DEPENDS}")
 
 list(APPEND _cmake_options "-DCMAKE_FORCE_DEPFILES=1")
 
-if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^789]|[789][0-9])")
+if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^89]|[89][0-9])")
   set(TEST_MULTI3 1)
   list(APPEND _cmake_options "-DTEST_MULTI3=1")
 endif()
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 41168c7..60a2cbb 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   set(CMake_TEST_DEVENV "")
   if(CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND)
     set(CMake_TEST_DEVENV "${CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND}")
-  elseif(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio [7-9] " AND
+  elseif(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio [89] " AND
       NOT CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM MATCHES "[mM][sS][bB][uU][iI][lL][dD]\\.[eE][xX][eE]")
     set(CMake_TEST_DEVENV "${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}")
   endif()
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
     endif()
   endif()
 
-  if(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^789]|[789][0-9])")
+  if(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^89]|[89][0-9])")
     ADD_TEST_MACRO(CSharpOnly CSharpOnly)
   endif()
 
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   endif()
 
   # test for correct sub-project generation
-  # not implemented in VS 7.0, Xcode, or Ninja
-  if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 7$|Xcode|Ninja")
+  # not implemented in Xcode or Ninja
+  if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Xcode|Ninja")
     # run cmake and configure all of SubProject
     # but only build the independent executable car
     add_test(SubProject ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND}
@@ -1942,7 +1942,6 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DDIR=dev -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Release
   endif()
 
   if(MSVC AND NOT MSVC_VERSION LESS 1310
-     AND NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 7( |$)"
      AND (NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio [89]( |$)"
           OR CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 4)
       )
@@ -1954,7 +1953,7 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DDIR=dev -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Release
       ADD_TEST_MACRO(SBCS SBCS)
     endif()
 
-    if(NOT "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio [789]( |$)"
+    if(NOT "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio [89]( |$)"
         AND NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET)
       ADD_TEST_MACRO(VSWindowsFormsResx VSWindowsFormsResx)
     endif()
@@ -2153,7 +2152,7 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DDIR=dev -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Release
     endif()
   endif()
 
-  if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^789]|[789][0-9])" AND nasm)
+  if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^89]|[89][0-9])" AND nasm)
     ADD_TEST_MACRO(VSNASM VSNASM)
   endif()
 
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeOnly/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeOnly/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b25766..c84fa74 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeOnly/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeOnly/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ add_CMakeOnly_test(CompilerIdCXX)
 if(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER)
   add_CMakeOnly_test(CompilerIdFortran)
 endif()
-if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^789]|[789][0-9])")
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^89]|[89][0-9])")
   add_CMakeOnly_test(CompilerIdCSharp)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Tests/ObjectLibrary/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ObjectLibrary/CMakeLists.txt
index e3476df..4bffd12 100644
--- a/Tests/ObjectLibrary/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ObjectLibrary/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ add_custom_command(TARGET UseCshared POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CM
 
 add_executable(UseCinternal main.c c.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:A> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:B>)
 
-if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "^Visual Studio (7|7 .NET 2003)$")
-  # VS 7 generators do not add objects as sources so we need a
-  # dummy object to convince the IDE to build the targets below.
-  set(dummy dummy.obj) # In MinGW: gcc -c dummy.c -o dummy.obj
-elseif("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Xcode")
+if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Xcode")
   # Xcode does not seem to support targets without sources.
   set(dummy dummy.c)
 endif()
diff --git a/Tests/Preprocess/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/Preprocess/CMakeLists.txt
index 807a427..8c2cdc9 100644
--- a/Tests/Preprocess/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/Preprocess/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ endif()
 if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Watcom WMake")
   set(PP_WATCOM 1)
 endif()
-if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio 7$")
-  set(PP_VS70 1)
-endif()
 if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio")
   set(PP_VS 1)
 endif()
@@ -46,14 +43,11 @@ endif()
 # must not have it escaped inside the configured header.
 set(STRING_EXTRA "")
 
-if(NOT BORLAND AND NOT PP_VS70)
-  # Borland, VS70 IDE: ;
+if(NOT BORLAND)
+  # Borland: ;
   # The Borland compiler will simply not accept a non-escaped semicolon
   # on the command line.  If it is escaped \; then the escape character
   # shows up in the preprocessing output too.
-  #
-  # The VS 7.0 IDE separates definitions on semicolons and commas with
-  # no regard for quotes.  Fortunately VS 7.1 and above are okay.
   set(SEMICOLON "\;")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/BuildDepends/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/BuildDepends/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index ffd3ae1..67a6101 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/BuildDepends/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/BuildDepends/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function(run_BuildDepends CASE)
 endfunction()
 
 run_BuildDepends(C-Exe)
-if(NOT RunCMake_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 7|Xcode")
+if(NOT RunCMake_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Xcode")
   if(RunCMake_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio 10")
     # VS 10 forgets to re-link when a manifest changes
     set(run_BuildDepends_skip_step_2 1)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
index 73a4965..32c4be8 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -270,13 +270,13 @@ endif()
 
 if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio")
   add_RunCMake_test(include_external_msproject)
-  if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio ([789]|10)" AND NOT CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND)
+  if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio ([89]|10)" AND NOT CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND)
     set(NO_USE_FOLDERS 1)
   endif()
   add_RunCMake_test(VSSolution -DNO_USE_FOLDERS=${NO_USE_FOLDERS})
 endif()
 
-if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^789]|[789][0-9])")
+if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^89]|[89][0-9])")
   add_RunCMake_test(VS10Project)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-OFF.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-OFF.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-OFF.cmake
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON-stderr.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cb01ff..0000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON-stderr.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-^CMake Warning:
-  The "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003" generator is deprecated and will be removed
-  in a future version of CMake.
-
-  Add CMAKE_WARN_VS71=OFF to the cache to disable this warning.$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON.cmake
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index b213ee2..f327f78 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ if(RunCMake_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
   unset(RunCMake_TEST_NO_CLEAN)
 endif()
 
-if(RunCMake_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003")
-  set(RunCMake_WARN_VS71 1)
-  run_cmake(DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON)
-  unset(RunCMake_WARN_VS71)
-  run_cmake(DeprecateVS71-WARN-OFF)
-endif()
-
 if(UNIX)
   run_cmake_command(E_create_symlink-no-arg
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
index 9e2fe7a..04eadd5 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ function(run_cmake test)
   if(APPLE)
     list(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS -DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0025=NEW)
   endif()
-  if(RunCMake_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003" AND NOT RunCMake_WARN_VS71)
-    list(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS -DCMAKE_WARN_VS71=OFF)
-  endif()
   if(RunCMake_MAKE_PROGRAM)
     list(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=${RunCMake_MAKE_PROGRAM}")
   endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/VSSolution/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/VSSolution/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 4ec3e3b..3a04db4 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/VSSolution/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/VSSolution/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ run_cmake(StartupProject)
 run_cmake(StartupProjectMissing)
 run_cmake(AddPackageToDefault)
 
-if(RunCMake_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio ([^7]|[7][0-9])" AND NOT NO_USE_FOLDERS)
+if(NOT NO_USE_FOLDERS)
   run_cmake(StartupProjectUseFolders)
 endif()