[CMake] How to manage dependencies between projects in Visual Studio

[Petr Kmoch]

Sorry, I've never used either functionality myself. I just wanted to point
out what exists.

Petr


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Luca Gherardi <luca.gherardi at unibg.it>wrote:

> Hi Peter,
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> I tried to use the include_external_msproject(PROJECT_NAME PATH_TO_VCXPROJ)
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> The project is included in the solution, however when I try to build the
> solution VS returns the following error:
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> "The operation could not be completed. The parameter is incorrect"
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> No other information.
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> Any idea?
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> Thanks,
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> Luca
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> *From:* Petr Kmoch [mailto:petr.kmoch at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* mercoledì 5 febbraio 2014 12:34
> *To:* Luca Gherardi
> *Cc:* cmake at cmake.org
> *Subject:* Re: [CMake] How to manage dependencies between projects in
> Visual Studio
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> Hi Luca.
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> You could look into the CMake command include_external_msproject(), or
> into the ExternalProject module.
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> Petr
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> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Luca Gherardi <luca.gherardi at unibg.it>
> wrote:
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> I'm working with Visual Studio and I need to create the CMakeLists files
> for the following scenario.
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> I have a project A, which contains the sources for a library.
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> This project has its own CMakeLists and generates a lib (add_library).
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> I have a second project B, which contains the sources from an executable
> and uses the library generated by A.
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> I would like to setup its CMakeLists in such a way that:
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> -        The Visual Studio solution generated from the CMakeLists of B
> includes the projects for A and B
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> -        The project A should be just a link to the project generated
> with the CMakeLists of A. In other words I would like to avoid duplications
> of compilation files. I would like that the file generated for A by a
> compilation started from the solution of A were stored in the same path of
> the file generated for A by a compilation started from the solution of B.
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> Is that possible?
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> I know it is possible to do it with visual studio, but I don't know how to
> do it with CMake.
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> Thanks in advance.
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