[CMake] Copying DLLs to output directory

[Michael Jackson]

Well basically, if you are on windows cmake can find the .lib file but then I wrote some code for each 3rd party library that attempts to find the .dll files. Once those files are found I create the copy files targets for each DLL.

Mike Jackson

On Oct 27, 2014, at 11:17 PM, J Decker <d3ck0r at gmail.com> wrote:

> how does that work with say openwatcom?
> 
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Michael Jackson <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
> I use a copy rule for the DLLs during the build which finds the DLL and then copies it to the Debug or Release directory. You are welcome to the macro that we use for our project. If there is an easier way with Cmake 3.0.x I would love to hear about it.
> 
> Thanks
> Mike Jackson
> 
> 
> On Oct 27, 2014, at 9:55 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > This actually used to be a very difficult problem to solve. However,
> > to debug in visual studio it's essential.
> >
> > If I have DLLs located in third party directories OR from targets that
> > I depend on, those must all be copied to the directory of the
> > executable I'm debugging in order for those DLLs to be found and
> > loaded.
> >
> > Using CMake 3.0.2, I hope this task is simpler, especially with the
> > introduction of a nice suite of generator expressions. Can anyone
> > recommend a good way to do this?
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