CMAKE_MFC_FLAG

Use the MFC library for an executable or dll.

Enables the use of the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). It should be set to 1 for the static MFC library, and 2 for the shared MFC library. This is used in Visual Studio project files.

Contents of CMAKE_MFC_FLAG may use generator expressions.

Examples

Usage example:

set(CMAKE_MFC_FLAG 2)

add_executable(CMakeSetup WIN32 ${SRCS})

# Visual Studio generators add this flag automatically based on the
# CMAKE_MFC_FLAG value, but generators matching "Make" require it:
target_compile_definitions(CMakeSetup PRIVATE _AFXDLL)

See Also

• The FindMFC module to check whether MFC is installed and available.