Dear Peter, (sorry if you receive two copies of this)
I have some header files containing only template code which I would like to see in the solution explorer. They are not logically associated with any libraries or executables in my project.
I am also new to CMake, but as I understand it, the only way to do this is to associate the files with some sort of build target or action. This is a limitation of Visual Studio, rather than CMake. The way I have solved this is to create a unit test suite to accompany each of my libraries, and I compile a separate 'test runner' executable for every suite. This means that when my library consists only of header files, I can associate the headers with the corresponding test runner. The headers will then appear as a 'test project' in Visual Studio. For example, when I build a shared library, I will have two projects in Visual Studio: MySharedLibrary <- This project compiles the dll, and includes all of the source files MySharedLibrary_TEST <- This project compiles the test runner, and contains only test code But when my library consists only of header files, I will see a single test project in Visual Studio: MyHeaderLibrary_TEST <- This project compiles the test runner, and contains both the library's header files and the test code.
I would also like to simply link to some Perl test scripts in the solution explorer in their own project or so.
I recommend looking at ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND or ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET. Marcus _______________________________________________ CMake mailing list [email protected] http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
