How to run INSTALL with Visual Studio's CMake support?

Question

With CMake support in Visual Studio, how can I run the INSTALL build?

From the CMake menu in the top toolbar, I don't see any selection to run the INSTALL project.

EDIT: The minimum settings suggested by vre worked, the INSTALL option showed up in the toolbar menu:

• CMakeLists.txt

  # 3.9.2 is the current version the newest VS is using
  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9.2)
  project(test2017)
  add_executable(hello hello.cpp)
  install(TARGETS hello DESTINATION hello/bin)
  

• hello.cpp

But when I moved hello.cpp to a subfolder, the option was gone:

• CMakeLists.txt

  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9.2)
  project(test2017)
  add_subdirectory("src")
  

• src/CMakeLists.txt

  add_executable(hello hello.cpp)
  install(TARGETS hello DESTINATION "hello/bin")
  

• src/hello.cpp

Answer 1

It seems there is a bug when using subfolders and still hasn't been fixed in the current VS 15.5.5.

A workaround is adding an install argument to buildCommandArgs inside the CMakeSettings.json file. Example:

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "x86-Debug",
      "generator": "Ninja",
      "configurationType": "Debug",
      "inheritEnvironments": [ "msvc_x86" ],
      "buildRoot": "${env.USERPROFILE}\\CMakeBuilds\\${workspaceHash}\\build\\${name}",
      "installRoot": "${env.USERPROFILE}\\CMakeBuilds\\${workspaceHash}\\install\\${name}",
      "cmakeCommandArgs": "",
      "buildCommandArgs": "-v install",
      "ctestCommandArgs": ""
    }
  ]
}