You can use add_library(STATIC) and add
set_target_properties(<target_name> PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
You won't be able to link to the target but you can use
INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES etc.
Regards,
Dvir Yitzchaki
Debugger Software Engineer, SDT
-----Original Message-----
From: CMake [mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Robert Dailey
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 7:05 PM
To: CMake <cmake@cmake.org>
Subject: Re: [CMake] Interface targets with their own project in Visual Studio
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to define an INTERFACE library that has header files only but
> still generates its own project in Visual Studio. The only way to add
> headers to an interface target that I'm aware of is
> target_source_files(), which instead of creating a project it will
> cause the header files themselves to propagate to the actual targets
> that specify the interface target as a link dependency.
>
> Is there a way to change this behavior?
>
> If not, the only workaround I can think of is pretty old-school:
> add_custom_target(), but if I use that I'm not sure I can specify
> include directories and preprocessor definitions that will be
> inherited by dependencies. So it seems like I'm forced to choose one
> or the other.
Anyone have any thoughts on this please?
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