# Visual Studio 15 2017

Generates Visual Studio 15 (VS 2017) project files.

The `CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set to specify a target platform name (architecture).

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 15 2017 Win64`
  Specify target platform `x64`.
`Visual Studio 15 2017 ARM`
  Specify target platform `ARM`.