How do you set the language version for C# projects when generating projects with CMake?

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Version 3.8 of CMake supports generating Visual Studio C# projects. By default, it sets the language version ("LangVersion") to version 3 in the .csproj file. I need to change to a more recent language version, like version 6.

How do I override the language version in my CMakeLists.txt file?

MuertoExcobito · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-01 04:22:07Z

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You can set this as a compile flag on a target:

project(MyProject CSharp)
add_executable(MyExe main.cs)
target_compile_options(MyExe PRIVATE "/langversion:6")

Alternatively, you can set the global variable, to apply it to all future targets:

set(CMAKE_CSharp_FLAGS "/langversion:6")

answered Mar 1, 2017 at 4:22

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Michael Kelley Over a year ago

I chose the set(CMAKE_CSharp_FLAGS "/langversion:6") method. Thanks!

Kevin Over a year ago

Your options for langversion are described here. For example, you can specify "/langversion:latest" to tell the compiler to accept syntax for the latest version of C# it can support.

laza Over a year ago

This solution does not work with cmake 3.14 and VS2019. CMake writes to value "lanversion" to the element <AdditionalOptions> </AdditionalOptions> in csproj file. But VS expects it will be in <LangVersion></LangVersion>.

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