[CMake] creating start menu items

[Iosif Neitzke]

As a side note, remember that CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES is problematic
in another way too; it requires listed executables to be installed to
<PACKAGING_INSTALL_DIR>/bin/.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Nils Gladitz <nilsgladitz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/13/2015 07:52 AM, Paul Anton Letnes wrote:
>>
>> I have been unable to come across any documentation on how the WiX CPack
>> generator can create start menu items. I'll need to create items both
>> for a few PDFs (documentation) and for an executable or two. Is this
>> supported, or do I need to write my own XML patch file and give that to
>> WiX?
>
>
> The WIX generator implements the generic CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES [1] which
> like the name suggests is only for executables though.
>
> I was pondering adding another installed file property [2] for the creation
> of start menu / desktop shortcuts for convenience but for now
> CPACK_WIX_PATCH_FILE [3] should work for non-executables.
>
> Nils
>
> [1] http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.1/module/CPack.html
>
> [2]
> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.1/manual/cmake-properties.7.html#properties-on-installed-files
>
> [3] http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.1/module/CPackWIX.html
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