# Visual Studio 9 2008

Generates Visual Studio 9 2008 project files.

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

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 9 2008 Win64`
  Specify target platform `x64`.
`Visual Studio 9 2008 IA64`
  Specify target platform `Itanium`.
`Visual Studio 9 2008 <WinCE-SDK>`
  Specify target platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.