diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
index ec8f4a5de..22ead10a5 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator::WriteSLNHeader(std::ostream& fout)
 ///! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
 cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
 {
-  cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator* lg =  new cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator;
+  cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator* lg =
+    new cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10);
   lg->SetPlatformName(this->GetPlatformName());
   lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
   return lg;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.cxx
index 97308bb36..be7fd5572 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.cxx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   See the License for more information.
 ============================================================================*/
 #include "cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.h"
+#include "cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator::WriteSLNHeader(std::ostream& fout)
   fout << "# Visual Studio 11\n";
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
+{
+  cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator* lg =
+    new cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS11);
+  lg->SetPlatformName(this->GetPlatformName());
+  lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
+  return lg;
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator
 ::GetDocumentation(cmDocumentationEntry& entry) const
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.h
index 14019a7d8..7e8f6aa4e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio11Generator.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ public:
   /** Get the documentation entry for this generator.  */
   virtual void GetDocumentation(cmDocumentationEntry& entry) const;
 
+  ///! create the correct local generator
+  virtual cmLocalGenerator *CreateLocalGenerator();
+
   /** TODO: VS 11 user macro support. */
   virtual std::string GetUserMacrosDirectory() { return ""; }
 protected:
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
index adb5f2ff7..a5feaca60 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator()
 ///! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
 cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
 {
-  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator;
-  lg->SetVersion71();
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg =
+    new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS71);
   lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS7());
   lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
   return lg;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 84e7f1bcc..a68e6d8b6 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ std::string cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 ///! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
 cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
 {
-  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator;
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg =
+    new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS7);
   lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS7());
   lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
   return lg;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
index ef723b7dc..a72310978 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator()
 ///! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
 cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
 {
-  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator;
-  lg->SetVersion8();
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg =
+    new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8);
   lg->SetPlatformName(this->GetPlatformName());
   lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS8());
   lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Win64Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Win64Generator.cxx
index 3469b1710..60e45b840 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Win64Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Win64Generator.cxx
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio8Win64Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio8Win64Generator()
 ///! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
 cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio8Win64Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
 {
-  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator;
-  lg->SetVersion8();
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg
+    = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8);
   lg->SetPlatformName(this->GetPlatformName());
   lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS8());
   lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
index f8ceea0b0..f082675eb 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator::WriteSLNHeader(std::ostream& fout)
 ///! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
 cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
 {
-  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator;
-  lg->SetVersion9();
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg
+    = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS9);
   lg->SetPlatformName(this->GetPlatformName());
   lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS8());
   lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9IA64Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9IA64Generator.cxx
index d49739b9e..993340ae8 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9IA64Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9IA64Generator.cxx
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio9IA64Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio9IA64Generator()
 ///! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
 cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio9IA64Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
 {
-  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator;
-  lg->SetVersion9();
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg =
+    new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS9);
   lg->SetPlatformName(this->GetPlatformName());
   lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS8());
   lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Win64Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Win64Generator.cxx
index ff4fd4f5d..08f537d1a 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Win64Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Win64Generator.cxx
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio9Win64Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio9Win64Generator()
 ///! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
 cmLocalGenerator *cmGlobalVisualStudio9Win64Generator::CreateLocalGenerator()
 {
-  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator;
-  lg->SetVersion9();
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg =
+    new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS9);
   lg->SetPlatformName(this->GetPlatformName());
   lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS8());
   lg->SetGlobalGenerator(this);
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
index ef378f9fc..8b22705b3 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ class cmVS10XMLParser : public cmXMLParser
 
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator::cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator()
+cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator::cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator(VSVersion v):
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(v)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.h
index 0fccdb071..699de4c00 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator : public cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
 {
 public:
   ///! Set cache only and recurse to false by default.
-  cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator();
+  cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator(VSVersion v);
 
   virtual ~cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator();
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index 095e1a796..1dfcbea02 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 
 #include <cmsys/RegularExpression.hxx>
 
-cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator()
+cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator():
+  cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator(VS6)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index ae7075955..8185b95c9 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ private:
 extern cmVS7FlagTable cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFlagTable[];
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator()
+cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(VSVersion v):
+  cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator(v)
 {
-  this->Version = 7;
   this->PlatformName = "Win32";
   this->ExtraFlagTable = 0;
   this->Internal = new cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorInternals(this);
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteConfiguration(std::ostream& fout,
     t = Options::FortranCompiler;
     table = cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFortranFlagTable;
     }
-  Options targetOptions(this, this->Version, t, 
+  Options targetOptions(this, t,
                         table,
                         this->ExtraFlagTable);
   targetOptions.FixExceptionHandlingDefault();
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteConfiguration(std::ostream& fout,
   // end of <Tool Name=VCMIDLTool
 
   // Check if we need the FAT32 workaround.
-  if(targetBuilds && this->Version >= 8)
+  if(targetBuilds && this->Version >= VS8)
     {
     // Check the filesystem type where the target will be written.
     if(cmLVS6G_IsFAT(target.GetDirectory(configName).c_str()))
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(std::ostream& fout,
     extraLinkOptions += " ";
     extraLinkOptions += targetLinkFlags;
     }
-  Options linkOptions(this, this->Version, Options::Linker,
+  Options linkOptions(this, Options::Linker,
                       cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorLinkFlagTable);
   linkOptions.Parse(extraLinkOptions.c_str());
   if(!this->ModuleDefinitionFile.empty())
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
               tool = Options::FortranCompiler;
               table = cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFortranFlagTable;
               }
-            Options fileOptions(this, this->Version, tool, table,
+            Options fileOptions(this, tool, table,
                                 this->ExtraFlagTable);
             fileOptions.Parse(fc.CompileFlags.c_str());
             fileOptions.AddDefines(fc.CompileDefs.c_str());
@@ -1920,13 +1920,13 @@ cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteProjectStart(std::ostream& fout,
   fout << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding = \"Windows-1252\"?>\n"
        << "<VisualStudioProject\n"
        << "\tProjectType=\"Visual C++\"\n";
-  if(this->Version == 71)
+  if(this->Version == VS71)
     {
     fout << "\tVersion=\"7.10\"\n";
     }
   else
     {
-    fout <<  "\tVersion=\"" << this->Version << ".00\"\n";
+    fout <<  "\tVersion=\"" << (this->Version/10) << ".00\"\n";
     }
   const char* projLabel = target.GetProperty("PROJECT_LABEL");
   if(!projLabel)
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteProjectStart(std::ostream& fout,
   cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator* gg =
     static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>(this->GlobalGenerator);
   fout << "\tName=\"" << projLabel << "\"\n";
-  if(this->Version >= 8)
+  if(this->Version >= VS8)
     {
     fout << "\tProjectGUID=\"{" << gg->GetGUID(libName) << "}\"\n";
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index cdd714e59..5b634b8c6 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator : public cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator
 {
 public:
   ///! Set cache only and recurse to false by default.
-  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator();
+  cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(VSVersion v);
 
   virtual ~cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator();
 
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ public:
    */
   void SetBuildType(BuildType,const char *name);
 
-  void SetVersion71() {this->Version = 71;}
-  void SetVersion8() {this->Version = 8;}
-  void SetVersion9() {this->Version = 9;}
   void SetPlatformName(const char* n) { this->PlatformName = n;}
   void GetTargetObjectFileDirectories(cmTarget* target,
                                       std::vector<std::string>& 
@@ -130,7 +127,6 @@ private:
 
   cmVS7FlagTable const* ExtraFlagTable;
   std::string ModuleDefinitionFile;
-  int Version;
   bool FortranProject;
   std::string PlatformName; // Win32 or x64 
   cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorInternals* Internal;
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
index 4390a08a7..4d1640971 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
 #include "windows.h"
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator()
+cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator(VSVersion v)
 {
   this->WindowsShell = true;
   this->WindowsVSIDE = true;
+  this->Version = v;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h
index a38bc30bf..fcf1f21f0 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h
@@ -29,7 +29,19 @@ class cmCustomCommand;
 class cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator : public cmLocalGenerator
 {
 public:
-  cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator();
+  /** Known versions of Visual Studio.  */
+  enum VSVersion
+  {
+    VS6 = 60,
+    VS7 = 70,
+    VS71 = 71,
+    VS8 = 80,
+    VS9 = 90,
+    VS10 = 100,
+    VS11 = 110
+  };
+
+  cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator(VSVersion v);
   virtual ~cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator();
 
   /** Construct a script from the given list of command lines.  */
@@ -41,6 +53,9 @@ public:
       sequence of custom commands. */
   const char* GetReportErrorLabel() const;
 
+  /** Version of Visual Studio.  */
+  VSVersion GetVersion() const { return this->Version; }
+
 protected:
   virtual const char* ReportErrorLabel() const;
   virtual bool CustomCommandUseLocal() const { return false; }
@@ -58,6 +73,8 @@ protected:
                              std::map<cmStdString, int>& count);
   std::set<const cmSourceFile*> NeedObjectName;
   friend class cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator;
+
+  VSVersion Version;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index d748c4069..fcb668a37 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::OutputSourceSpecificFlags(
       hasFlags = true;
       cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions 
         clOptions(this->LocalGenerator,
-                  10, cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions::Compiler,
+                  cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions::Compiler,
                   cmVS10CLFlagTable, 0, this);
       clOptions.Parse(flags.c_str());
       clOptions.AddDefines(configDefines.c_str());
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::ComputeClOptions(
   // TODO: Integrate code below with cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.
 
   cmsys::auto_ptr<Options> pOptions(
-    new Options(this->LocalGenerator, 10, Options::Compiler,
+    new Options(this->LocalGenerator, Options::Compiler,
                 cmVS10CLFlagTable));
   Options& clOptions = *pOptions;
 
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteLibOptions(std::string const& config)
     {
     this->WriteString("<Lib>\n", 2);
     cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
-      libOptions(this->LocalGenerator, 10,
+      libOptions(this->LocalGenerator,
                  cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions::Linker,
                  cmVS10LibFlagTable, 0, this);
     libOptions.Parse(libflags?libflags:"");
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteLinkOptions(std::string const&
     flags += flagsConfig;
     }
   cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
-    linkOptions(this->LocalGenerator, 10,
+    linkOptions(this->LocalGenerator,
                 cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions::Linker,
                 cmVS10LinkFlagTable, 0, this);
   if ( this->Target->GetPropertyAsBool("WIN32_EXECUTABLE") )
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
index 4edeedc86..41230e71c 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@ inline std::string cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptionsEscapeForXML(const char* s)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
-::cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions(cmLocalGenerator* lg,
-                                 int version,
+::cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator* lg,
                                  Tool tool,
                                  cmVS7FlagTable const* table,
                                  cmVS7FlagTable const* extraTable,
                                  cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator* g):
   cmIDEOptions(),
-  LocalGenerator(lg), Version(version), CurrentTool(tool),
+  LocalGenerator(lg), Version(lg->GetVersion()), CurrentTool(tool),
   TargetGenerator(g)
 {
   // Store the given flag tables.
@@ -61,11 +60,12 @@ void cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions::FixExceptionHandlingDefault()
   // remove the flag we need to override the IDE default of on.
   switch (this->Version)
     {
-    case 7:
-    case 71:
+    case cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS7:
+    case cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS71:
       this->FlagMap["ExceptionHandling"] = "FALSE";
       break;
-    case 10:
+    case cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10:
+    case cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS11:
       // by default VS puts <ExceptionHandling></ExceptionHandling> empty
       // for a project, to make our projects look the same put a new line
       // and space over for the closing </ExceptionHandling> as the default
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ void cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions::SetVerboseMakefile(bool verbose)
   if(verbose &&
      this->FlagMap.find("SuppressStartupBanner") == this->FlagMap.end())
     {
-    this->FlagMap["SuppressStartupBanner"] = this->Version < 10 ? "FALSE" : "";
+    this->FlagMap["SuppressStartupBanner"] =
+      this->Version < cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10 ? "FALSE" : "";
     }
 }
 
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
     {
     return;
     }
-  if(this->Version == 10)
+  if(this->Version >= cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10)
     {
     // if there are configuration specifc flags, then
     // use the configuration specific tag for PreprocessorDefinitions
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
     {
     // Escape the definition for the compiler.
     std::string define;
-    if(this->Version != 10)
+    if(this->Version < cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10)
       {
       define =
         this->LocalGenerator->EscapeForShell(di->c_str(), true);
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
       define = *di;
       }
     // Escape this flag for the IDE.
-    if(this->Version == 10)
+    if(this->Version >= cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10)
       {
       define = cmVisualStudio10GeneratorOptionsEscapeForXML(define.c_str());
 
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
     fout << sep << define;
     sep = ";";
     }
-  if(this->Version == 10)
+  if(this->Version >= cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10)
     {
     fout <<  ";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>" << suffix;
     }
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ void
 cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
 ::OutputFlagMap(std::ostream& fout, const char* indent)
 {
-  if(this->Version == 10)
+  if(this->Version >= cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10)
     {
     for(std::map<cmStdString, cmStdString>::iterator m = this->FlagMap.begin();
         m != this->FlagMap.end(); ++m)
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
 {
   if(!this->FlagString.empty())
     {
-    if(this->Version == 10)
+    if(this->Version >= cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10)
       { 
       fout << prefix;
       if(this->Configuration.size())
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.h b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.h
index fadc4b5e1..51a13629f 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.h
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions_h
 #define cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions_h
 
-#include "cmLocalGenerator.h"
+#include "cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h"
 
 #include "cmIDEOptions.h"
 typedef cmIDEFlagTable cmVS7FlagTable;
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ public:
     Linker,
     FortranCompiler
   };
-  cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions(cmLocalGenerator* lg,
-                                 int version,
+  cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator* lg,
                                  Tool tool,
                                  cmVS7FlagTable const* table,
                                  cmVS7FlagTable const* extraTable = 0,
@@ -62,8 +61,8 @@ public:
                                const char* suffix);
   void SetConfiguration(const char* config);
 private:
-  cmLocalGenerator* LocalGenerator;
-  int Version;
+  cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator* LocalGenerator;
+  cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VSVersion Version;
 
   std::string Configuration;
   Tool CurrentTool;