[CMake] environment variables and visual studio

[Jesper Eskilson]

Bill Hoffman wrote:
> Jesper Eskilson wrote:
>> Is there any way for CMake to set environment variables which can be
>> picked up in Visual Studio's pre/post-build steps?
>>
>> I'm working on a system where I've got a couple of studio project
>> included via the INCLUDE_EXTERNAL_MSPROJECT(), and I would like to be
>> able to refer to things like CMAKE_BINARY_DIR, so that the external
>> msprojects can put their output relative to the CMake build dir.
>>
> 
> No, this is not possible. CMake is no longer running when the project is
> built.  I do not think there is a way to set variables in the .sln file
> which is where they would have to be set.

I was afraid you might say that. Oh, well, I'll have to think of another
solution.

-- 
/Jesper