[CMake] Adding "*.obj" geometry files...

[Daniel Dekkers]

Hi Tim,

That works. In our case we get:

# Additional dedicated "copy-the-resource-files-for-this-app"-target
strategy.
# Copies resource files to the build directory, triggered by a file change
in one of them.
IF( RT_ALL_RSRC_FILES )
	SET( RESOURCESCOPYTARGET "Copy${RT_APP_NAME}Resources" )
	FOREACH( RSRC_FILE ${RT_ALL_RSRC_FILES} )
		GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(RSRC_FILE_NO_PATH ${RSRC_FILE} NAME)
		ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
			OUTPUT
"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${RSRC_FILE_NO_PATH}"
			COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
${RSRC_FILE} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${RSRC_FILE_NO_PATH}
			DEPENDS "${RSRC_FILE}"
			)
		LIST( APPEND DEPENDENT_RSRC_FILES
"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${RSRC_FILE_NO_PATH}" )
	ENDFOREACH()
	ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET( ${RESOURCESCOPYTARGET} ALL DEPENDS
${DEPENDENT_RSRC_FILES} )
	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(${RT_APP_NAME} ${RESOURCESCOPYTARGET})
ENDIF()

Only "problem" are the extra targets shown in the IDE. A bit "cluttery".
We have anywhere between 1 or 10 executables in a single solution and they
all get their own additional CopyResources target.
But, ok... 

Thanks!
Daniel



-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Tim Hutton [mailto:tim.hutton at gmail.com] 
Verzonden: woensdag 13 juni 2012 12:42
Aan: Daniel Dekkers
CC: Petr Kmoch; cmake at cmake.org; Bill Hoffman
Onderwerp: Re: [CMake] Adding "*.obj" geometry files...

You can group all the files to be copied into a single subproject.

We do this here:
http://reaction-diffusion.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/Ready/CMakeLists.txt
(see the section "copy installation files to build folder")

On 13 June 2012 11:13, Daniel Dekkers <d.dekkers at cthrough.nl> wrote:
> Somewhat related...
>
> We now have the resources excluded from the build but visible in the 
> IDE. So far so good.
> But we also want to copy them (all) to the build directory.
> We have a post build command that does that.
> But if you only change the contents of one of the resource files, a 
> rebuild is not invoked (exclude from build) and so the files are not
copied.
> For another project we made specific targets (ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET) just 
> to handle the copying but that gives a lot of extra subprojects in the
IDE.
> Is there another way to achieve this?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Petr Kmoch [mailto:petr.kmoch at gmail.com]
> Verzonden: woensdag 13 juni 2012 8:10
> Aan: Daniel Dekkers
> CC: Bill Hoffman; cmake at cmake.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [CMake] Adding "*.obj" geometry files...
>
> Hi Daniel.
>
> Yes, that's how Visual Studio shows excluded files. If you exclude a 
> file by setting its "Excluded from build" property manually, you get the
same.
>
> Petr
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Daniel Dekkers 
> <d.dekkers at cthrough.nl>
> wrote:
>> Ok, great, works.
>> So I guess the little red stop-sign icons shown by Visual Studio 
>> denote that these files are excluded from the build?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: cmake-bounces at cmake.org [mailto:cmake-bounces at cmake.org] Namens 
>> Bill Hoffman
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 12 juni 2012 19:41
>> Aan: cmake at cmake.org
>> Onderwerp: Re: [CMake] Adding "*.obj" geometry files...
>>
>> On 6/12/2012 1:10 PM, Daniel Dekkers wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We are adding some resource files (XML files, shaders, etc.) to a 
>>> Visual Studio project just to make them visible and accessible in 
>>> the
> IDE.
>>>
>>> We also add geometry files with the extension "obj". Visual Studio 
>>> treats these as regular object files and starts using them during 
>>> the
>> build.
>>>
>>> Is there a way that we can "label" these obj files so Visual Studio 
>>> leaves them alone?
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Daniel Dekkers
>>>
>> Mark them as HEADER_FILE_ONLY .
>>
>>
>> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#prop_sf:HEADER_FILE
>> _
>> ONLY
>>
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