Hmmm, I think I've found a bug. Here is what I have in my top-level CMakeLists.txt file:
if(WIN32) # # run the script to install the resources # set(RI_RESULT " ") set(RI_OUTPUT " ") set(RI_ERROR " ") install(CODE "message(\"running ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ResourceInstall.bat ${WIN_PLATFORM} ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}\")") install(CODE execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ResourceInstall.bat ${WIN_PLATFORM} ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} RESULT_VARIABLE RI_RESULT OUTPUT_VARIABLE RI_OUTPUT ERROR_VARIABLE RI_ERROR OUTPUT_FILE ResInst.out ERROR_FILE ResInst.err ) ) install(CODE "message(\"ResourceInstall results \\\"${RI_RESULT}\\\" output: \\\"${RI_OUTPUT}\\\" error: \\\"${RI_ERROR}\\\" \")") endif() (As you can see I haven't figured out quoting yet) This is what comes out of the above code: if("x${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}x" STREQUAL "xUnspecifiedx" OR NOT CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT) message("running C:/Users/robb/Development/apdfl-sandbox/pdfl15_all/ResourceInstall.bat x64 Release") endif() if("x${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}x" STREQUAL "xUnspecifiedx" OR NOT CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT) execute_process(COMMAND "C:/Users/robb/Development/apdfl-sandbox/pdfl15_all/ResourceInstall.bat x64 Release" WORKING_DIRECTORY C:/Users/robb/Development/apdfl-sandbox/pdfl15_all RESULT_VARIABLE RI_RESULT OUTPUT_VARIABLE RI_OUTPUT ERROR_VARIABLE RI_ERROR OUTPUT_FILE ResInst.out ERROR_FILE ResInst.err ") endif() if("x${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}x" STREQUAL "xUnspecifiedx" OR NOT CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT) message("ResourceInstall results output: error: ") endif() From cmake 3.12.2 on Win64. The issue is the closing quote inside "execute_process" which appears to have been magically added by cmake. When I run the cmake_install.cmake as is it fails on that line: CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:87: Parse error. Function missing ending ")". Instead found unterminated string with text ") ". If I remove that stray double quote, it runs, doing all the subdir install tasks, but still doesn't run the ResourceInstall.bat file. And it generates the error: 1> -- Installing: C:/Users/robb/Development/apdfl-sandbox/pdfl15_all/cmake_vs2013/../dist/x64/release/Resources/Sample_Input/XPStoPDF.xps 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: The command "setlocal 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -DBUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -P cmake_install.cmake 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :cmEnd 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: :cmEnd 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: endlocal & call :cmErrorLevel %errorlevel% & goto :cmDone 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: :cmErrorLevel 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: exit /b %1 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: :cmDone 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :VCEnd 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: :VCEnd" exited with code -1. 1>Done executing task "Exec" -- FAILED. 1>Done building target "PostBuildEvent" in project "INSTALL.vcxproj" -- FAILED. 1> 1>Build FAILED. 1> 1>Time Elapsed 00:00:29.40 ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 31 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== I know the batch file does not get run because I have statements at the top that create a file before anything else, and it also sends output to stdout. Any advice on how I can move forward here? Thanks, Rob Boehne On 2/5/19, 4:09 PM, "Robert Maynard" <robert.mayn...@kitware.com> wrote: If you add 'OUTPUT_VARIABLE' and 'ERROR_VARIABLE' information to the execute_process call you should be able to dump the information using 'message' and see if the execute_process is running. On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 3:04 PM Rob Boehne <r...@datalogics.com> wrote: > > I’m still not getting this script executed. I can copy the “message” output and run it – and it does what I want, and I see it in cmake_install.cmake – the message() and execute_process() calls are inside of identical conditionals, but there’s no indication that it is executing, or that there was any sort of problem. > > How do I get it to actually execute? > > > > In cmake_install.cmake: > > > > if("x${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}x" STREQUAL "xUnspecifiedx" OR NOT CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT) > > message("running C:/Users/robb/Development/apdfl-sandbox/pdfl15_all/ResourceInstall.bat x64 Release") > > endif() > > > > if("x${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}x" STREQUAL "xUnspecifiedx" OR NOT CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT) > > execute_process(COMMAND "C:/Users/robb/Development/apdfl-sandbox/pdfl15_all/ResourceInstall.bat x64 Release") > > endif() > > > > > > From: CMake <cmake-boun...@cmake.org> on behalf of Rob Boehne <r...@datalogics.com> > Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 9:49 AM > To: "cmake@cmake.org" <cmake@cmake.org> > Subject: [SPAM] Re: [CMake] resource installation > > > > Maybe because I misspelled it? Yes. Because I misspelled the script name. > > > > From: CMake <cmake-boun...@cmake.org> on behalf of Rob Boehne <r...@datalogics.com> > Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 9:40 AM > To: "cmake@cmake.org" <cmake@cmake.org> > Subject: [SPAM] [CMake] resource installation > > > > All, > > > > I’m attempting to install resource files (Fonts, etc.) into my product. To that end, I have added this chunk of code to run a batch file that will copy resources into the tree: > > > > if(WIN32) > > # > > # run the script to install the resources > > # > > install(CODE "message(\"running ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ResourceInstall.bat ${WIN_PLATFORM} ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}\")") > > install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ResourceInstall.bat ${WIN_PLATFORM} ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}\")") > > endif() > > > > I see the output of the first line when I run the INSTALL target in VS 2013, but it seems as though the script isn’t run. > > 1> -- Install configuration: "RelWithDebInfo" > > 1> running C:/Users/robb/Development/apdfl-sandbox/pdfl15_all/ResourceInstall.bat x64 Release > > 1> -- Installing: C:/Users/robb/Development/apdfl-sandbox/pdfl15_all/cmake_build/../dist/x64/release/CPlusPlus/Binaries/DL150BIBUtils.lib > > > > So the message is there, but the script isn’t run. > > > > I’m I missing a dependency, or formatting the string incorrectly? How do I debug this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rob > > > > > > Rob Boehne > > Senior Software Architect | Datalogics, Inc. > > +1.312.853.8351 | r...@datalogics.com > > datalogics.com | blogs.datalogics.com > > Connect with us: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube > > > > > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. 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