Yes, I understand that. The error message is pretty clear. My main question is really why is that the case? In VS, there is no restriction to adding files to a utility project. So why does CMake have this restriction?
I assume it is because it is generator specific and there isn’t a clean way to implement add_custom_target across all of them. In that case I would expect some special case handling for generators that do support it. And it’s not like CMake can’t add files to that Utility project, because it does: it adds the Java rules files. It just doesn’t allow the user the do the same. It’s a restriction that doesn’t really make sense to me. -Caleb On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 3:35 AM CHEVRIER, Marc <[email protected]> wrote: > This approach is not possible for Java because the command add_jar is > implemented using commands add_custom_command and add_custom_target. And > command target_sources implies that the target was created by one the > commands add_library or add_executable. > > > > > > *From: *CMake <[email protected]> on behalf of "J. Caleb Wherry" < > [email protected]> > *Date: *Thursday 1 February 2018 at 19:30 > *To: *CMake ML <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[CMake] How to add files to Visual Studio 'Utility' project > > > > Hello! > > > > I am having trouble with a generated VS project that I hope is either a > bug or has an easy fix... > > > > When using UseJava, the add_jar function, and Visual Studio 2015, a VS > 'Utility' project is created. I then want to add additional non-compiled > files to this project so I try to use target_sources but get his error: > > > > "target_sources called with non-compilable target type" > > > > In VS, I can easily add files to the project without issue. But I cannot > seem to add any additional files to this created 'Utility' project through > CMake. > > > > I do this in other projects by using target_sources and setting the > HEADER_FILE_ONLY and WRAP_EXCLUDE properties to make sure the project > doesn't do anything with them and it works fine. Just can't do it for these > Utility projects. > > > > My use case here is that the add_jar command doesn't actually add the java > source files to the project. I want to use VS as a code editor in this case > because it builds the jar. However, without them in the project, I have to > go outside of VS to edit them (and thus outside of my VS perforce control). > > > > Thoughts? Maybe I am adding them incorrectly? > > > > -Caleb > -- Sent from my iPhone 4s
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