There is some history on that: https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/7835 linked to older https://itk.org/Bug/view.php?id=7835
May be this is a plain feature request that should be properly written based on history and current usage. Typically I think that anyone would want to add any file to IDE project display. 2018-02-02 14:57 GMT+01:00 J. Caleb Wherry <[email protected]>: > 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 > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ > opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > > -- Eric
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