You might want to consider using the "find_library()" command. It would look something like the following:
find_library (EPANET_LIB epanet2 PATHS ${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/epanet ) _________________________________________________________ Mike Jackson mike.jack...@bluequartz.net BlueQuartz Software www.bluequartz.net Principal Software Engineer Dayton, Ohio On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Cheng Zhigao <zgch...@ntu.edu.sg> wrote: > Hi, > > I have used Cmake to build a VS2005C++ project under windows. And for the > project i need to link to some external library. I can manually do it under > VS2005, but i wish i could do it using cmake statement. > > The project name is TEST, i put the external library in a folder named > ${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/epanet/ which contains the epanet2.h epanet2.lib and > epanet2.dll files. I use the Include_directories and link_directories to > point to the /epanet/ folder. And i use TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES to link the > library. However, i still have to put the full path like > ${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/epanet2/epanet2.lib to link to the library including file > extension. And I do not know how to link to the epanet2.dll file. I have to > manually copy the dll file in order to make the code to work otherwise it > will complain cannot find the .dll file. How can i do that in cmake so that > both the .lib file and .dll file will be linked without manual actions? > Thanks. > > Regards, > zhigao > > > > Below is the cmake file > ============================= > > PROJECT(TEST) > cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6) > > SET(TEST_SRCS > ${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/DLLTest.cpp) > > > ADD_EXECUTABLE(TEST > ${TEST_SRCS}) > > INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/epanet) > LINK_DIRECTORIES(${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/epanet) > > SET(_LINK_EPANET_LIB ${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/epanet/epanet2.lib) > > TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(TEST ${_LINK_EPANET_LIB}) > > > CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named. The > contents may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please delete it, notify us, and do not copy or use it, nor > disclose its contents. Thank you. > > Towards A Sustainable Earth: Print Only When Necessary > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake