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0007835CMakeCMakepublic2008-10-20 16:112016-06-10 14:30
ReporterEric NOULARD 
Assigned ToBill Hoffman 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake-2-6 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0007835: Make it easier to add non-source (i.e. not compiled) file to a Visual Studio project
DescriptionCurrently if you want to add file to a Visual Studio project
you have to:

1) add the file to the source list of either
   add_executable
   add_library

2) Specify that the file is not to be compiled with:
   set_source_files_properties(thefile PROPERTIES HEADER_FILE_ONLY TRUE)


I would suggest an easier way to add "non compiled" source file to a project

Suggestion1) All files appearing as "InputFile" of configure_file cmake
             command should automatically show up in a "CONFIGURED_FILE"
             project, this project may not be "buildable" but it would
             ease the edition of this kind of "source files"

Suggestion2) We may add a ADD_EDITABLE command like
              add_editable(<name> editable1 editable2 ... editableN)
             which would create a non buildable (or doing nothing)
             project which will contains those "editable" files.

Note that the feature may be useful to other "IDE", XCode, Code::Blocks etc...
but I don't know that since I do not use those.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Informationsee former discussions on this issue:
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2008-October/024691.html [^]
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2008-October/024652.html [^]
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2008-October/024648.html [^]
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2008-June/022420.html [^]
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2008-June/022386.html [^]
... may be more
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2008-10-20 16:11Eric NOULARDNew Issue
2009-01-08 15:58Bill HoffmanStatusnew => assigned
2009-01-08 15:58Bill HoffmanAssigned To => Bill Hoffman
2011-02-25 07:25Dorian ScholzNote Added: 0025578
2014-09-09 07:29ptxmacNote Added: 0036753
2014-11-21 07:28SepticInsectNote Added: 0037244
2014-11-21 11:04Nils GladitzNote Added: 0037247
2014-11-24 02:53SepticInsectNote Added: 0037256
2014-11-24 03:26Nils GladitzNote Added: 0037257
2014-11-24 03:29SepticInsectNote Added: 0037258
2014-11-24 03:33Nils GladitzNote Added: 0037260
2014-11-24 04:19SepticInsectNote Added: 0037261
2014-11-24 04:26Nils GladitzNote Added: 0037262
2014-11-24 04:34SepticInsectNote Added: 0037263
2014-11-24 04:37Nils GladitzNote Added: 0037264
2014-11-24 04:39SepticInsectNote Added: 0037265
2014-11-24 05:38SepticInsectNote Added: 0037266
2014-11-24 06:56SepticInsectNote Edited: 0037266bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=37266#r1626
2014-11-24 09:40Nils GladitzNote Added: 0037267
2016-06-09 07:37Mateusz LoskotNote Added: 0041151
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041456
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotStatusassigned => resolved
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:30Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0025578)
Dorian Scholz   
2011-02-25 07:25   
This does not only apply to VS, but also to other (if not all) IDE's.
I'm trying to get this to work on QtCreator.
(0036753)
ptxmac   
2014-09-09 07:29   
Is anyone working on this?
(0037244)
SepticInsect   
2014-11-21 07:28   
Is anyone working on this?
(0037247)
Nils Gladitz   
2014-11-21 11:04   
You can use add_custom_target(mytarget SOURCES src1 [src2...]) to add files without compile/build semantics.
(0037256)
SepticInsect   
2014-11-24 02:53   
But I'm using add_custom_command to precompile a pgc-file to a c-file. Then I use the c-file in add_library. But I want QtCreator to find my pgc-file.
(0037257)
Nils Gladitz   
2014-11-24 03:26   
@SepticInsect: For that something like add_custom_target(new-target-for-my-pgc-file SOURCES path/to/my/foo.pgc) should work as well.
(0037258)
SepticInsect   
2014-11-24 03:29   
I have tried add_custom_target but it doesn't work the first time I compile, when the c-file doesn't exist.
(0037260)
Nils Gladitz   
2014-11-24 03:33   
@SepticInsect: You might want to take the discussion to the user's mailing list.
The add_custom_target() call I suggested did not reference the c-file.
Can you elaborate?
(0037261)
SepticInsect   
2014-11-24 04:19   
Maby I misunderstood you. I thought you meant that I should replace my add_custom_command with an add_custom_target? Or did you mean that I should keep my add_custom_command and add add_custom_target(new-target-for-my-pgc-file SOURCES path/to/my/foo.pgc)? Isn't that an ugly solution? To add and add_custom_target just go get my pgc-file in QtCreator?
(0037262)
Nils Gladitz   
2014-11-24 04:26   
@SepticInsect: Yes, I meant an additional custom target (unless you already have an existing custom target which would be appropriate).

Since as far as I can tell there are no compile/build semantics associated with .pgc files you could just as well list it in your add_library() call.
(0037263)
SepticInsect   
2014-11-24 04:34   
Ok. If I do add_library(my_lib file1.c file2.pgc), cmake wouldn't care about file2.pgc and just build my_lib from file1.c?
(0037264)
Nils Gladitz   
2014-11-24 04:37   
@SepticInsect: CMake will assert file2.pgc exists and will add it to IDE file listings but will not influence the build beyond that (unless you define/enable a compiler which happens to use the .pgc suffix).
(0037265)
SepticInsect   
2014-11-24 04:39   
Ok. Thanks for all the help!
(0037266)
SepticInsect   
2014-11-24 05:38   
(edited on: 2014-11-24 06:56)
@ngladitz Is it wrong to add set_source_files_properties(file2.pgc PROPERTIES HEADER_FILE_ONLY TRUE) just to clarify that file2.pgc shall not be built into my_lib?
(0037267)
Nils Gladitz   
2014-11-24 09:40   
@SepticInsect: Sounds superfluous in this case but should not hurt either.
(0041151)
Mateusz Loskot   
2016-06-09 07:37   
For anyone who is still looking for the solution to attach non-sources to an IDE project, here is a possible utility:


# collect_info_files function
# Takes collect_info_files - list of non-source files to look for
# Returns INFO_FILES with all files found from the input list.
# Based on macro posted here
# http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/qt-creator/2012-August/001191.html [^]
function(collect_info_files)
    list(APPEND _all_found)
    foreach(_it ${ARGN})
        if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${_it})
            get_filename_component(_path ${_it} ABSOLUTE)
            if(EXISTS ${_path})
                list(APPEND _all_found ${_it})
                if(NOT ${_it} MATCHES "^/\\\\..*$;~$")
                    set_source_files_properties(${_it} PROPERTIES HEADER_FILE_ONLY TRUE)
                endif()
            endif()
        endif()
    endforeach()
    set(INFO_FILES ${_all_found} PARENT_SCOPE)
endfunction()


and here is the function usage:

# List all non-source code files (documents, configuration files, etc.)
set(other_files .gitignore .travis.yml appveyor.yml README.md)
# Collect all existing files and configure as non-sources.
collect_info_files(${other_files})
# Create dummy target/project for an IDE with documents attached
add_custom_target(docs SOURCES ${INFO_FILES})
(0041456)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:27   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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