[CMake] Cannot find source file: *.rc

[Michael Wild]

On 05/25/2011 11:40 PM, Aaron_Wright at selinc.com wrote:
> I use mc.exe to generate an *.rc file and some headers for my program.
> The *.rc file is listed as an output of a custom command and as a source
> to an executable. During configuration CMake tells me it can't find a
> source file and lists the *.rc file. I've check the generated property
> of the *.rc file and it is true, so why does CMake expect it to be
> present during configuration?
> 
> I've tried to make a small example, but when I try to do that everything
> works. What I'm looking for is a reason why it would only effect large
> build systems on not small build system, or why does this only effect
> this *.rc and none of the other twenty or thirty files I generate? Is
> there something special about *.rc files?
> 
> I'm really just grabbing at straws here because I've been trying to fix
> this for months, with no luck. So any ideas are welcome.
> 
> ---
> Aaron Wright
> Software Engineer - Synchrophasors
> Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
> Pullman, WA 99163
> 509-334-8087

Is the add_custom_command call generating the *.rc file in the same
directory as your add_executable call?

Michael