[CMake] Visual Studio .sln post generate modifications?

[Petr Kmoch]

Hi.

I don't know how exactly the Deploy checkbox value is stored inside the
.sln file, but CMake has built-in ways of adding arbitrary sections and
contents to the .sln file; see directory properties
VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_PRE_<section> (
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_PRE_section.html
) and VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_POST_<section> (
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_POST_section.html
). Perhaps you could use them to store the information in the .sln?

Petr

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Tilman Skobowsky <skobowsky at caos-gmbh.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we currently use CMake 3.3.x (x >= 2) on a C++ source code with Windows
> target only.
> In our company we're exclusively using Visual Studio (Version 2015 right
> now).
>
> Since we're using remote debugging we have the following problem:
>
> In order to set up Remote Debugging with VS, you have to edit the settings
> in the "Debugging" pane of the target prefs (a.k.a add_executable()
> target). These debugger settings are stored in a ".vcxproj.user" file,
> which is perfect, because these files don't get touched by the cmake
> generator.
>
> However, in order to automatically deploy the target, one also has to set
> the "Deploy" checkmark in the "Configuration Manager" settings.
> Unfortunately, this setting is NOT saved in a user speciffic file. Instead
> it is saved in the main projects ".sln" file. (Thanks MS...).
>
> I just downloaded the 'cmake' sources to check how the section where this
> information goes is generated. For WinCE builds there is already code that
> emits the right information into the solution file.
>
> Now the best solution (for me) would be to add a target property that
> controls emiting this options. But I guess, this might not be an option
> that could be returned to the 'cmake' source tree, although I'd be willing
> to give it a try. (some info/references/pointers on how to do this are
> welcome)
>
> Second best solution would be a script or mechanism that can post process
> the SLN file after it has been generated by cmake but FROM WITHIN the
> configure/generate process. Is that possible in any way?
>
> Of course I know, that I could write some script in order to tweak the
> solution file after cmake is called, but I'd like to avoid this. I already
> made lot of use of additional options to shown up within CMakeGUI (which is
> really cool) and I'd like to be able to set some  "ENABLE_REMOTE_DEBUGGING"
> switch of some sort so that this can be configured in one place.
>
> TIA
> skybow
>
>
>
>
>
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