Build 32-bit fmt with msbuild - msbuild

Question

I am trying to build a 32-bit fmt on Windows Server 2019 using cmake/msbuild (I don't have the full Visual Studio GUI, I only have the command line build tools). I get this error:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(408,5):
error MSB8013: This project doesn't contain the Configuration and
Platform combination of Debug|Win32.
It builds fine as 64-bit, but that isn't what I need. I assume that's because the build files generated by fmt don't have a configuration for 32-bit Windows (I don't think the Debug bit matters, it doesn't work with Release configuration either).
I'm doing this in the build subdirectory, per the fmt instructions:
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-m32 -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-m32 -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=x86 ..
cmake --build . --config Release
cmake --install . --prefix <fmtlib_target_dir> --config Release
Is there a way to build fmt on Windows as 32-bit?

Answer 1

For projects which have CI builds the best documentation on how to build is usually the CI script/configuration itself; from https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/blob/master/support/appveyor-build.py :
if image == 'Visual Studio 2019':
generator = 'Visual Studio 16 2019'
if platform == 'x64':
cmake_command.extend(['-A', 'x64'])
else:
if image == 'Visual Studio 2015':
generator = 'Visual Studio 14 2015'
elif image == 'Visual Studio 2017':
generator = 'Visual Studio 15 2017'
if platform == 'x64':
generator += ' Win64'
cmake_command.append('-G' + generator)
in other words: pass a different generator/option for 32bit builds like -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A Win32.