AW: [CMake] Visual Studio 2005: Make header files
withoutcorresponding source files viewable in the solution explorer
Kolloch, Peter
Peter.Kolloch at norcom.de
Mon Dec 3 04:37:41 EST 2007
Thanks a lot for your ideas! It's a bit awkward that non-test header files end up in your test sub projects. Too bad that this is not easily implemented in a more straight-forward fashion.
Maybe I experiment with custom targets or something similar (or give up ;).
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Betreff: Re: [CMake] Visual Studio 2005: Make header files withoutcorresponding source files viewable in the solution explorer
Dear Peter, (sorry if you receive two copies of this)
> I have some header files containing only template code which I would
> like to see in the solution explorer. They are not logically associated
> with any libraries or executables in my project.
I am also new to CMake, but as I understand it, the only way to do this
is to associate the files with some sort of build target or action.
This is a limitation of Visual Studio, rather than CMake.
The way I have solved this is to create a unit test suite to accompany
each of my libraries, and I compile a separate 'test runner' executable
for every suite. This means that when my library consists only of
header files, I can associate the headers with the corresponding test
runner. The headers will then appear as a 'test project' in Visual Studio.
For example, when I build a shared library, I will have two projects in
Visual Studio:
MySharedLibrary <- This project compiles the dll, and includes all of
the source files
MySharedLibrary_TEST <- This project compiles the test runner, and
contains only test code
But when my library consists only of header files, I will see a single
test project in Visual Studio:
MyHeaderLibrary_TEST <- This project compiles the test runner, and
contains both the library's header files and the test code.
> I would also like to
> simply link to some Perl test scripts in the solution explorer in their
> own project or so.
I recommend looking at ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND or ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET.
Marcus
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