I've just tried out 2.6.4 RC 1, which fixes this problem. Thanks! On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Claus Höfele <cl...@claushoefele.com> wrote: >> What is the default if you have VS create the project? > > When adding a new header file 'asd.h', this is what Visual Studio > writes into the project file: > <Filter > ... > > > <File > RelativePath=".\asd.h" > > > </File> > ... > </Filter> > > Properties as displayed by the properties page are "Excluded from > Build: No" and "Tool: Custom Build Tool." > > When you manually set the file to Custom Build Tool, the project file > also contains a <FileConfiguration> tag, but this seems to be > optional. > >> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=7845 > > It looks to me that neither .h nor .idl should be excluded from build > by default. Instead, it should be possible to override this behaviour > by setting a flag. > > -Claus > > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoff...@kitware.com> > wrote: >> Claus Höfele wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the quick replies. >>> >>> I'm using cmake 2.6.3 + Visual Studio 8 2005 SP1 >>> >>> Playing around further with the file properties in Visual Studio, it >>> looks like VS only checks the syntax of a file if the Tool property is >>> set to C/C++ Compiler Tool. However, this setting will cause the >>> header file to be compiled, which is obviously not what you want. >>> >>> So the setting for a header file should be: >>> 1.) Excluded From Build: No >>> 2.) Tool: Custom Build Tool >>> >>> 2.) is already done, 1.) is not. >>> >>> For my purposes, it was enough to change cmSourceFile::CheckExtension() >>> like so: >>> >>> // Look for header files. >>> if ... >>> else >>> { >>> // This is a known header file extension. The source cannot be >>> compiled. >>> if(!this->GetProperty("HEADER_FILE_ONLY")) >>> { >>> this->SetProperty("HEADER_FILE_ONLY", "1"); >>> } >>> } >>> >>> This allows me to override the HEADER_FILE_ONLY setting to false in my >>> CMakeLists.txt and produces the project files I want. >>> >>> Would be great if a similar fix would make it into the next release. >>> >> >> What is the default if you have VS create the project? BTW, this all came >> from this bug fix: >> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=7845 >> >> I am not sure you want to make that false in your file, as the makefile >> generator may then try and compile it. CMake should handle a .h file >> without having to change anything. >> >> -Bill >> >> > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com
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