[CMake] header files with visual studio

[Michael Jackson]

I have a macro to help with this:

MACRO (cmp_IDE_SOURCE_PROPERTIES SOURCE_PATH HEADERS SOURCES  
INSTALL_FILES)
     if (${INSTALL_FILES} EQUAL "1")
         INSTALL (FILES ${HEADERS}
                  DESTINATION include/${SOURCE_PATH}
                  COMPONENT Headers
         )
     endif()
     STRING(REPLACE "/" "\\\\" source_group_path ${SOURCE_PATH}  )
     source_group(${source_group_path} FILES ${HEADERS} ${SOURCES})
ENDMACRO (cmp_IDE_SOURCE_PROPERTIES NAME HEADERS SOURCES INSTALL_FILES)

So an example would be:

set (my_HDRS  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Headers/MyHeader.h )
set (my_SRCS  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Source/MySource.cpp)
set (my_INSTALL "0")
cmp_IDE_SOURCE_PROPERTIES("Source" "${my_HDRS}" "${my_SRCS}" "$ 
{my_INSTALL}")
add_executable(my ${my_HDRS} ${my_SRCS})

Like, others have stated: You MUST include them in the add_executable  
or add_library call. The macro I give above can help keep those files  
organized in the Project/Solution file if you want the organization to  
mimic the file system for instance. Otherwise CMake will create the  
project will all the files in a single "Source" folder.
HTH
___________________________________________________________
Mike Jackson                      www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer       mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software               Dayton, Ohio



On Nov 4, 2010, at 1:26 PM, David Cole wrote:

> That's funny...
>
> Google for "cmake header visual studio" and hit #1 explains it  
> pretty well:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1167154/listing-header-files-in-visual-studio-c-project-generated-by-cmake
>
> So do hits #2 through 10.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Oliver kfsone Smith <osmith at playnet.com 
> > wrote:
>> Checked the faq and googled as much as I could but I couldn't find  
>> anything
>> describing how to make visual studio include header files in the
>> solution/project files?
>>
>> - Oliver
>>
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