I hope no one minds if I resurrect this thread.

Anyone on Windows will encounter the same issue, and I'm wondering what the best approach is or will be.  Particularly, take into account that I might not be using CMake to build all of my [3rd party] dependencies, nor might I want to drop all targets in the same directory.

There are two places DLL's of dependencies should end up.  First, in the Output Directory of my executable, so that I can run it immediately.  Second, in the INSTALL location, which would also help CPack pick them up later.  Both are dependent on what configuration is being used (debug/optimized).

Perhaps if Find<3rdParty>.cmake or <3rdParty>Config.cmake advertised a 3rdParty_BIN_DIR or 3rdParty_RUNTIME_DIR this would help?  I could try writing a FIND_RUNTIME_LIBRARY macro if that would help.

Thoughts?
-jacob

On 9/18/06, Alexander Neundorf < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Von: Wojciech Jarosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Hi all,
> I'm just starting to use CMake with Windows (have used it for a while
> now on Linux) so please forgive me if my question is stupid. I tried
> looking in the archives but didn't find anything related.
>
> I have a project set up on Windows now (it compiles and links
> correctly), but what is the normal way to run the executables or tests?
> I have tried doing it manually from a Visual Studio command line, or
> >from within Visual Studio (right click->debug->start new instance), but
> both of these techniques complain that it cannot find my DLLs. I figured
> at least the method from within Visual Studio would be able to set the
> environment correctly to find the DLLs. Is there some CMakeLists.txt
> magic that will set this up correctly? Or is the solution really that I
> have to add each DLL build dir to my path manually within Windows?
>
> I have tried copying all necessary DLLs to my executable build dir by
> hand and that works fine. Hopefully there is a more elegant solution.

You could set EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH and LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH to the same directory, then both should end up in the same directory.

Alex

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