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<span id="prop_tgt:WIN32_EXECUTABLE"></span><h1>WIN32_EXECUTABLE<a class="headerlink" href="#win32-executable" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>Build an executable with a WinMain entry point on windows.</p>
<p>When this property is set to true the executable when linked on
Windows will be created with a WinMain() entry point instead of just
main(). This makes it a GUI executable instead of a console application.
See the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_MFC_FLAG"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_MFC_FLAG.html#variable:CMAKE_MFC_FLAG" title="CMAKE_MFC_FLAG"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_MFC_FLAG</span></code></a> variable documentation to
configure use of the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) for WinMain
executables. This property is initialized by the value of the
<span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_WIN32_EXECUTABLE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_WIN32_EXECUTABLE.html#variable:CMAKE_WIN32_EXECUTABLE" title="CMAKE_WIN32_EXECUTABLE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_WIN32_EXECUTABLE</span></code></a> variable if it is set when
a target is created.</p>
<p>This property supports
<span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-generator-expressions(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.html#manual:cmake-generator-expressions(7)" title="cmake-generator-expressions(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">generator</span> <span class="pre">expressions</span></code></a>, except if the
target is managed (contains C# code.)</p>
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