[CMake] visual studio development setup

[David Cole]

See the target property:

 http://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#prop_tgt:RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY

And the corresponding variable CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.


HTH,
David


On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Totte Karlsson
<totte at dunescientific.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using CMake on a fairly large project involving building several DLL's
> and multiple applications and test programs. The current setup creates a
> visual studio sln file with about 10 individual projects. It has a install
> target and I can run apps that are built in the install folder, meaning
> running them outside the IDE.
>
> However, to run an individual project application from within the IDE don't
> work because at run time they will not find the necessary DLL's (unless I
> put the install's bin folder on the system path, which I don't want, for
> various reasons).  What is 'best practice' here? Obviously this setup is not
> optimal because it don't allow the user to run and debug individual projects
> in the VS IDE.
>
> One way making sense to me would be to have all individual projects output
> path to be the same.
> Is there a way in CMake to configure such a thing? That way all individual
> apps would find needed dll's when debugged from within the VS ide.
>
> Thanks,
> Totte
>
>
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