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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi there<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I build an executable A. I have set up another target A_remote that uses a custom launcher for remote debugging with Visual Studio. What I'm trying to achieve is that before the A_remote target is run, another target
is run that deploys files to the remote computer. So I add a custom target run_deploy that runs a batch file, and make A_remote depend on it. As run_deploy also copies image files which aren't part of the VS solution, I want it to always run before launching
A_remote.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">However, when I build the entire solution, I don't want VS to build anything related to remote debugging, which is why I use EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD. But when I do that, and build A_remote, VS tells me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">1>------ Skipped Build: Project: run_deploy, Configuration: Debug x64 ------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">1>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Here's a sample CMakeLists.txt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11.0 FATAL_ERROR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">file(WRITE main.cpp "int main(){return 0;}\n")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">file(WRITE deploy.bat "echo Deploying!\n")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">add_executable(A main.cpp)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">add_executable(A_remote main.cpp)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">add_custom_target(run_deploy "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deploy.bat")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">set_target_properties(run_deploy PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD 1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">add_dependencies(A_remote run_deploy)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The documentation https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD.html says "Exclude target from Build Solution." This might have been the intention, but the way it is implemented seems to do more
than that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Anyways, how can I achieve that run_deploy is always built when I build A_remote, but not when I build the solution or ALL_BUILD? Is that even possible? Is there a workaround?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Andreas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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