The following issue has been SUBMITTED. ====================================================================== http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12570 ====================================================================== Reported By: Niels Dekker Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: CMake Issue ID: 12570 Category: CMake Reproducibility: have not tried Severity: major Priority: normal Status: new ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2011-11-10 18:21 WAST Last Modified: 2011-11-10 18:21 WAST ====================================================================== Summary: VS10 property pages for single source file gone Description: I described this issue at "[CMake] Visual Studio 10 property pages for single source file gone with CMake 2.8.5 and 2.8.6", http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2011-November/047345.html (below here). The issue was confirmed by Domagoj Saric and J Decker.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Niels Dekker - address until 2014" To: <cmake at cmake.org> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 16:14 Subject: [CMake] Visual Studio 10 property pages for single source file gone with CMake 2.8.5 and 2.8.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Visual Studio 10 vcxproj files are generated by CMake 2.8.5 or 2.8.6, it is typically impossible to view the C/C++ properties of a single source file. CMake 2.8.0 to 2.8.4 do not seem to have this issue. It looks like the issue is caused by the fact that CMake 2.8.5 started storing the absolute path names of the source files (even when CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS is ON). Is that a known issue? Visual Studio 10 does not allow viewing the C/C++ properties of source files that are listed by their absolute path names. See VS10 bug report 635294, "Using absolute path in ClCompile item prevents property pages from showing", by Niels M Hansen, 1/9/2011: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/635294/using-absolute-path-in-clcompile-item-prevents-property-pages-from-showing However, it seems like Visual Studio 10 *does* correctly support absolute path names *without* drive letter! Would it be possible for CMake to write the source file names *without* the drive letter, when it generates Visual Studio 10 vcxproj files? (Especially when the generated vcxproj files are located at the same drive as the source files.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steps to Reproduce: Create a file named "source.cpp" and a very simple CMakeLists.txt: project(foo) cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) add_executable(foo source.cpp) Suppose both files are located at the directory "D:\dir". Generate a Visual Studio 10 project, using CMake 2.8.5 or 2.8.6. The generated project file, "foo.vcxproj", will have a line saying: <ClCompile Include="D:\dir\source.cpp" /> Open the generated solution file, "foo.sln", using Visual Studio 10. Right-click "source.cpp" within the Solution Explorer of Visual Studio, select Properties, and try to view the C/C++ Property Pages. Unfortunately, nothing is displayed! Additional Information: Visual Studio appears to work fine when the drive letter ('D:') is removed from the source file name ("D:\dir\source.cpp"), in both foo.vcxproj and foo.vcxproj.filters. In general, I think removing the drive letter from the source file paths is fine, as long as the build directory and the source file paths have the same drive letter. ====================================================================== Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2011-11-10 18:21 Niels Dekker New Issue ====================================================================== -- 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://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
