diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 83ab5c8a..b07e392d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ add_dependencies(core stepdai check-express stepeditor exp2cxx)
 # CONFIG_END_MESSAGES - list of messages to be printed after everything else is done.
 # THIS MUST BE LAST to ensure that they are visible to the user without scrolling.
 foreach(_msg ${CONFIG_END_MESSAGES})
-  message("${_msg}")
+  message(STATUS "${_msg}")
 endforeach(_msg ${CONFIG_END_MESSAGES})
 
 # Local Variables:
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index cd4d9ef6..87b1c780 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ build_script:
     cd c:\projects\STEPcode
     mkdir build
     cd build
+    cmake -version
     cmake .. -DSC_ENABLE_TESTING=ON -G"$env:GENERATOR" -DSC_BUILD_SCHEMAS="ifc2x3;ap214e3;ap209"
-    cmake --build . --config Debug
+    dir *.sln *.vcxproj
+    cmake --build . --config Debug | select-string -NotMatch -SimpleMatch -pattern "CMake does not need to re-run because"
+
+#msbuild libosmium.sln /p:Configuration=%config% /toolsversion:14.0 /p:Platform=x64 /p:PlatformToolset=v140
+#msbuild SC.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll"
 
 test_script:
   - cmd: echo Running CTest...
diff --git a/cmake/schema_scanner/schemaScanner.cmake b/cmake/schema_scanner/schemaScanner.cmake
index 8b59cc59..2a9fdf73 100644
--- a/cmake/schema_scanner/schemaScanner.cmake
+++ b/cmake/schema_scanner/schemaScanner.cmake
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 # this makes compilation faster, but sometimes runs into compiler limitations
 if(NOT DEFINED SC_UNITY_BUILD)
   if(BORLAND)
-    message(".. Will not do unity build for this compiler.")
+    message( STATUS "Will not do unity build for this compiler.")
     set(SC_UNITY_BUILD FALSE)
   else()
-    message(".. Assuming compiler is capable of unity build.")
+    message( STATUS "Assuming compiler is capable of unity build.")
     set(SC_UNITY_BUILD TRUE)
   endif(BORLAND)
-  message(".. Override by setting SC_UNITY_BUILD; TRUE will result in *huge* translation units, higher memory use in compilation, and faster build times.")
+  message( STATUS "Override by setting SC_UNITY_BUILD; TRUE will result in *huge* translation units, higher memory use in compilation, and faster build times.")
 else(NOT DEFINED SC_UNITY_BUILD)
-  message(".. Respecting user-defined SC_UNITY_BUILD value of ${SC_UNITY_BUILD}.")
+  message( STATUS "Respecting user-defined SC_UNITY_BUILD value of ${SC_UNITY_BUILD}.")
 endif(NOT DEFINED SC_UNITY_BUILD)
 
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER \"${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}\" CACHE STRING \"compiler\")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER \"${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}\" CACHE STRING \"compiler\")
 ")
 
-message("-- Compiling schema scanner...")
+message( STATUS "Compiling schema scanner...")
 
 execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${SC_BINARY_DIR}/schemas)
 execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${SCANNER_BUILD_DIR})
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if(NOT ${_ss_build_stat} STREQUAL "0")
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Scanner build status: ${_ss_build_stat}. stdout:\n${_ss_build_out}\nstderr:\n${_ss_build_err}")
 endif(NOT ${_ss_build_stat} STREQUAL "0")
 
-message("-- Schema scanner built. Running it...")
+message( STATUS "Schema scanner built. Running it...")
 
 # not sure if it makes sense to install this or not...
 if(WIN32)