cmake makefiles for connector/c++ won't build: 'cannot open include file cppconn/config.h' error

[Antony Mott]

I need to use connector/c++ in a VC++ 2008 environment targeting runtime library /MT, rather than the more generally-used runtime /MDd targeted by the MySql precompiled binaries that I've used with success on other projects.

I used CMake to make Makefiles of connector/c++ source (I already had Boost and the mysqlclient.dll), and that seemed to work, in that I can open the MYSQLCPPCONN.sln in VC++ 2008, and this also opens 35 .proj files. But I cannot build the solution, or any project, as I get build errors, mainly about not finding config.h.

I used the CMake GUI, so I clicked "configure", and when I set all the flags, I clicked "generate".

In my destination directory, after "generate", I now have various folders but each still has a CMakeFiles folder. I have a cppconn folder, but it has no binaries, which makes me think I've missed some step.

I'm new to CMake...am I missing another step or two before I can "build" in VC++? I read that I can "try" NMake, and NMake install steps after CMake...but the dummies source/CMake tut and other articles use the word "try" as if those steps are optional, as no tut has the instructions for doing it with the CMake GUI, it reads as if NMake on the command line is equivalent to the "generate" button in the CMake GUI, and NMake install might be equivalent to "build" in VC++ 2008?

I saw another thread in this forum of someone who had a similar build problem in VC++ which was due to a missing double quote in an include directory CMakeCache.txt. But when I went through CMakeCache, I could find no flag/value that mentioned include directories that might include /cppconn, other than flags for directories for Boost, source and destination directories.

Any help greatly appreciated!

-antony