[CMake] Proper way to set a binary folder inside of the "Debug" folder for Visual Studio

[Mike Jackson]

Guys, thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a try in the morning.
Hacking on ParaView currently...
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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net


On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 5:09 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> If "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugins" is used in an add_custom_command
> context, you can use "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/plugins"
> instead to get what you want. If it's something else besides
> add_custom_command, then elaborate with some more details...
>
> ${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR} evaluates to something like "$(OutDir)" for VS,
> "$(CONFIGURATION)" for Xcode and "." for makefile generators.
>
> HTH,
> David
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Mike Jackson <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> I am working on some CMake Code where I would like some libraries to
>> be placed inside a "plugins" folder in the following path:
>>
>> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugins.
>>
>> Works fine with Makefiles. Problem is on Visual Studio. I get my
>> executables in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin/Debug/myexe.exe
>>  but the plugins get put in
>> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugins/myplugin.dll
>>
>> Working through this in my head I know this is a "Compile" time
>> problem and probably can't be solved at "CMake" time because cmake has
>> no idea what configuration I am going to build my app in. Would a post
>> build step be required for this or something else?
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