Problems encountered in configuring visit using cmake GUI

[summer7807]

The version of visit used is:VisItDev3.1.4； The cmake version used is:cmake-3.24.0-windows-x86_64；The visual studio version used is：visual studio2017.
I follow this manual tutorial:https://visit-sphinx-github-user-manual.readthedocs.io/en/develop/building_visit/BuildingOnWindows/ConfiguringWithCMakeGUI.html#location-of-windowsbuild-directory
My goal is to compile the visit source code. I think that it is obtained .sln file by using cmake, and then carry out the local windows debugger in visual studio to achieve the goal of successful source code compilation.
I went to step 4.2.4 according to the tutorial in the manual. There are two errors reported after configure in cmake. The error contents are as follows:
CMake Warning at tools/data/datagen/CMakeLists.txt:357 (MESSAGE):
7-Zip not found, .tar.gz data files will not be extracted.
and
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:2268 (MESSAGE):
NSIS installer package requested, but 'makensis' could not be found.
Then click the generate button and there is no. sln file in the build files.
I want to know if there is a problem with my above compilation ideas and how to solve the two errors in cmake?

[biagas]

CMake Warning at tools/data/datagen/CMakeLists.txt:357 (MESSAGE):
7-Zip not found, .tar.gz data files will not be extracted.

This is only a warning and can be ignored. You can turn off VISIT_USE_7ZIP to remove the warning.

NSIS installer package requested, but 'makensis' could not be found.

Turn off the VISIT_MAKE_NSIS_INSTALLER entry. It is only needed if you want to build the installer.

[summer7807]

I modified two options according to the above contents, and generated the VISIT.sln file in the build files.
I used to compile the source code of other software. I need to open the corresponding .sln file, and then regenerated ALL_ Build and INSTALL, and then run the local windows debugger.
So,i open VISIT.sln file in Visual Studio 2017 , for ALL_ Build was regenerated, and the results were all regenerated: 487 succeeded, 432 failed, and 0 skipped; The INSTALL was regenerated, and the results were all regenerated: 487 succeeded, 433 failed, and 0 skipped；Finally, run the local windows debugger failed to compile successfully.
I don't know whether there is a tutorial on compiling source code using visual studio in the visit user manual. I can't find a tutorial on compiling source code using visual studio.
I want to know where my settings are wrong? I want to use Visual Studio 2017 to compile the source code. With visit What should I do after the VISIT.sln file?

[biagas]

What were some of the errors?
If you select the Build dropdown menu in Visual Studio and choose 'Build Solution' do you get fewer errors?

[summer7807]

I select "build solution" and report error 431. There are too many errors, most of the errors are that the input file cannot be opened， some of them are as shown in the figure:

I don't know how to compile the source code after cmake generates the VISIT.sln file.

[biagas]

Ignore the LINK errors until all the compile errors are resolved.

The first shown is CellInterfaceTools2D.h, line 112, with error code C2065. Seems to indicate the variable 'i' has not been declared.
Yet line 112 (as I look at it) is a comment line. I checked the whole file and use of variable 'i' is definitely defined in all cases.

If you double-click that error message, it should open the file to the location of the error.
I'm wondering if something happened to the file and line 112 on your system is different than mine (line endings or something is all I can think of).

visitdev3.1.4 should compile cleanly.