[CMake] Compiling .rc file WITHOUT linking

[Eric Lemings]

Ted Berg wrote:
> Eric Lemings wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> How do you compile a .rc file into a .res file without linking it into a
>> library or executable?
>>
>
> Your paths and rc options may vary:
>
> find_program( RC_EXECUTABLE NAMES rc )
> set( BINARY_RES_DIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/resources )
>
> add_custom_command(
>     OUTPUT ${BINARY_RES_DIR}/Resource.res
>     COMMAND ${RC_EXECUTABLE} /l 0x409 /v
> /fo"${BINARY_RES_DIR}/Resource.res" ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Resource.rc
>     DEPENDS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Resource.rc
>   )
>
> add_custom_target(
>     build_resources
>     DEPENDS ${BINARY_RES_DIR}/Resource.res
>   )
>
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Yep, I wound up doing much the same thing.

Eric.