[CMake] Add Windows library dependency

[J Decker]

should just be add_executable( whatever_target secur32 )


On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 8:05 PM Theodore Hall <twhall at umich.edu> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm building a project that depends on a Windows library -- Secur32.Lib --
> that is included in the regular library search path but is not one of the
> specific libraries that the compiler normally links to.  In *NIX
> command-line terms, the "-L<path>" is OK, I only need to specify the
> "-lSecur32" part.
>
> If I put "#pragma comment (lib, "Secur32.Lib")" in the cpp file, the
> system finds and links it.  If I omit that, then the build fails with an
> unresolved external symbol.
>
> I cannot find a way to accomplish this in the CMakeLists.txt file rather
> than relying on the #pragma.  CMake complains that it doesn't know how to
> build it, though I've (tried to) set the IMPORTED property.  I've tried
> various combinations of:
>
> find_library(SECUR32 Secur32)
> add_library(Secur32 SHARED IMPORTED)
> target_link_libraries(MyTarget
> Secur32)
>
> I have not tried to set IMPORTED_LOCATION, because libraries with that
> name exist in several locations, and the compiler actually knows better
> than I do which one to use -- e.g., one of them is in:
>
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.16299.0\um\x64\Secur32.Lib
>
> We're building in VisualStudio 2017 as a CMake project.  We have not
> generated and are not using VS ",proj" or ".sln" files.  We're aiming to
> build this as a multi-platform application.  (The dependence on this
> library is wrapped in the appropriate #if defined ... #endif directives.)
>
> Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> --
>
> Ted Hall
>
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