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diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15 2017.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15 2017.rst index a88f8bc..2ac0449 100644 --- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15 2017.rst +++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15 2017.rst @@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name: ``Visual Studio 15 2017 ARM`` Specify target platform ``ARM``. +Instance Selection +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +VS 2017 supports multiple installations on the same machine. +CMake queries the Visual Studio Installer to locate VS instances. +If more than one instance is installed we do not define which one +is chosen by default. If the ``VS150COMNTOOLS`` environment variable +is set and points to the ``Common7/Tools`` directory within one of +the instances, that instance will be used. The environment variable +must remain consistently set whenever CMake is re-run within a given +build tree. + Toolset Selection ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |