[CMake] Win DLL with rc-file...

[William A. Hoffman]

Simple RC files work fine.  The CMake sources use the following to build CMakeSetup:

SET( SRCS 
  CMakeSetup.cpp
  MakeHelp.cpp
  CMakeSetup.rc
  CMakeSetupDialog.cpp
  PathDialog.cpp
  PropertyList.cpp
  StdAfx.cpp
  CMakeCommandLineInfo.cpp
)
ADD_EXECUTABLE(CMakeSetup WIN32 ${SRCS})


I would try and create a more simple example if I were you.
First try with an existing .rc file.  Then try a .rc file
in the binary tree.  Then try generating one with a copy command.

-Bill

At 10:26 PM 10/25/2004, Lars Pechan wrote:
>Hi Brad,
>Sorry I should have pointed out that I have tried this as well. Here is my CMakeLists.txt (apologies for length):
>
>#
># CMakeLists.txt
>#
># CMake build file for X.
>#
>
>SET(CMDSDIR ${Y_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts)
>SET(RCFILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/XBtm.rc)
>SET(SPLASH ${Y_SOURCE_DIR}/splash.gif)
>
># These are the files from the 'others' directory that we copy in here:
>SET(otherFiles colourPic.bmp
>               colourS.bmp)
>
># Copy files into build tree.
>FOREACH(ofile ${otherFiles})
>ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
>  OUTPUT ${ofile}
>  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
>  ARGS -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/others/${ofile} ${ofile}
>)
>ENDFOREACH(ofile)
>
># These are stubbs that we simply copy locally:
>SET(stubbFiles genbmp.awk bmp.awk CMbmp.rc Cgenbmp.win)
>FOREACH(stubb ${stubbFiles})
>ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
>  OUTPUT ${stubb}
>  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
>  ARGS -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${stubb} ${stubb}
>  MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${stubb}
>)
>ENDFOREACH(stubb)
>
>#
>ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
>  OUTPUT X.txt
>  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
>  ARGS -E copy ${CMDSDIR}/icons.txt X.txt
>  DEPENDS ${CMDSDIR}/icons.txt
>)
>
># This causes Unix2Dos to run on each make but Unix2Dos is
># idempotent so that's OK. (I.e. doing Unix2Dos on an already
># Unix2Dosed file does nothing).
>IF (WIN32 AND UNIXSOURCE)
>  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(convFile ${UNIX2DOS} X.txt DEPENDS X.txt)
>ELSE (WIN32 AND UNIXSOURCE)
>  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(convFile DEPENDS X.txt)
>ENDIF (WIN32 AND UNIXSOURCE)
>
>ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
>  OUTPUT ${RCFILE}
>  COMMAND ${AWK}
>  ARGS -f bmp.awk -v STUBB=CMbmp.rc -v SPLASH=X -v SPL=splash X.txt > ${RCFILE}
>  DEPENDS convFile bmp.awk CMbmp.rc XMake.win
>)
>#SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${RCFILE} PROPERTIES GENERATED true)
>
># Convert gis to bmp
>ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
>  OUTPUT convGifs
>  COMMAND ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}
>  ARGS -f XMake.win
>  MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${RCFILE}
>  DEPENDS XMake.win ${Y_SOURCE_DIR}/bitmaps/color/some.gif
>)
>
>ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
>  OUTPUT some.gif
>  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
>  ARGS -E copy ${Y_SOURCE_DIR}/bitmaps/splash.gif some.gif
>)
>
>ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
>  OUTPUT XMake.win
>  COMMAND ${AWK}
>  ARGS -f genbmp.awk -v DEPEND=1 -v STUBB=Cgenbmp.win -v SPLASH=X X.txt > XMake.win &&
>  ${AWK} -f genbmp.awk -v DEPEND=0 -v SPLASH=X X.txt >> XMake.win
>  DEPENDS X.txt genbmp.awk Cgenbmp.win
>)
>
>SET(cleanFiles $stubbFiles} ${otherFiles} ${RCFILE} X.txt)
>
>SET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTIES(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_NMAKE_CLEAN_FILES "${cleanFiles}")
>
># Make a dll with the bitmaps:
>ADD_LIBRARY(X1btm SHARED ${RCFILE} images.c)
>
>######## End of file
>
>I may have stuffed the file when obfuscating it. Basically all the steps do what they should except I can't get CMake to put in the reference to the rc-file on the link line.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>/Lars
>
>
>On 26/10/2004, at 2:18 PM, Brad King wrote:
>
>>Lars Pechan wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>I'm trying to create a Win32 DLL that contains some resources.
>>>I've read that you should be able to just add an rc-file to an exe or a lib/dll and CMake should figure out what to do.
>>>In my CMakeLists.txt I have
>>>SET(RCFILE XX.rc)
>>>ADD_LIBRARY(libX SHARED XX.c ${RCFILE})
>>>The rc-file is generated on the fly and lives in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} whereas XX.c lives in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}. I have tested marking ${RCFILE} as GENERATED using SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${RCFILE} PROPERTIES GENERATED true) but that makes no difference whatsoever.
>>>The link line in the generated Makefile contains no trace of the res-file (assuming the generation is from .rc to .res for the linker).
>>>However, if I manually add the (hand-generated) .res file to the linker line everything is fine.
>>>Any ideas why this is not working?
>>
>>Sicne the .rc file is in the build tree, try specifying the full path:
>>
>>SET(RCFILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/XX.rc)
>>
>>If the rc file is generated as the OUTPUTS of a custom command then you do not need to mark it generated because the custom command will automatically do so.  Just be sure to specify it as a full path everywhere.
>>
>>-Brad
>
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