| MSVC_VERSION | |
| ------------ | |
| The version of Microsoft Visual C/C++ being used if any. | |
| If a compiler simulating Visual C++ is being used, this variable is set | |
| to the toolset version simulated as given by the ``_MSC_VER`` | |
| preprocessor definition. | |
| Known version numbers are:: | |
| 1200 = VS 6.0 | |
| 1300 = VS 7.0 | |
| 1310 = VS 7.1 | |
| 1400 = VS 8.0 (v80 toolset) | |
| 1500 = VS 9.0 (v90 toolset) | |
| 1600 = VS 10.0 (v100 toolset) | |
| 1700 = VS 11.0 (v110 toolset) | |
| 1800 = VS 12.0 (v120 toolset) | |
| 1900 = VS 14.0 (v140 toolset) | |
| 1910-1919 = VS 15.0 (v141 toolset) | |
| 1920-1929 = VS 16.0 (v142 toolset) | |
| .. | |
| 1930-1939 = VS 17.0 (v143 toolset) | |
| See also the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_VERSION` and | |
| :variable:`MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION` variable. |