[CMake] Visual Studio Generator: Unable to show property page for custom build tool
Hi, I’ve been experimenting with using Visual Studio’s “Custom Build Tool” per cpp file to perform some specialized operations. However, the property page is not visible (not editable) when I generate a project with cmake. To see what this looks like, see here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/msbuild/thread/496e301c-de2e-49bf-bbfa-ea8de335a0a5 . To reproduce: 1)Generate a c++ project for visual studio (I’m using vs2010) 2)Right click a .cpp file in the solution and go to properties 3)Under Configuration Properties/General, change “Item Type” to “Custom Build Tool” 4)Click Apply 5)Select Configuration Properties / Custom Build Tool / General I’ve attempted to hand edit the solution and project files to determine what is causing this but nothing I removed seemed to have any affect. Any ideas on how to fix this or where to look? Michael Guerrero Programmer at Delta3D Research Associate, MOVES Institute, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA -- 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
Re: [CMake] Visual Studio Generator: Unable to show property page for custom build tool
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Michael Guerrero insom...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I’ve been experimenting with using Visual Studio’s “Custom Build Tool” per cpp file to perform some specialized operations. However, the property page is not visible (not editable) when I generate a project with cmake. To see what this looks like, see here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/msbuild/thread/496e301c-de2e-49bf-bbfa-ea8de335a0a5. To reproduce: 1) Generate a c++ project for visual studio (I’m using vs2010) 2) Right click a .cpp file in the solution and go to properties 3) Under Configuration Properties/General, change “Item Type” to “Custom Build Tool” 4) Click Apply 5) Select Configuration Properties / Custom Build Tool / General I’ve attempted to hand edit the solution and project files to determine what is causing this but nothing I removed seemed to have any affect. Any ideas on how to fix this or where to look? Michael Guerrero Programmer at Delta3D Research Associate, MOVES Institute, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA -- 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake I've seen this with other property pages. One of my coworkers explained that it might be the XML CMake generates for the proj files is a little bit off and VS fails to understand it properly. James -- 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
Re: [CMake] Visual Studio Generator: Unable to show property page for custom build tool
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Michael Guerrero insom...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I’ve been experimenting with using Visual Studio’s “Custom Build Tool” per cpp file to perform some specialized operations. However, the property page is not visible (not editable) when I generate a project with cmake. To see what this looks like, see here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/msbuild/thread/496e301c-de2e-49bf-bbfa-ea8de335a0a5 . To reproduce: 1) Generate a c++ project for visual studio (I’m using vs2010) 2) Right click a .cpp file in the solution and go to properties 3) Under Configuration Properties/General, change “Item Type” to “Custom Build Tool” 4) Click Apply 5) Select Configuration Properties / Custom Build Tool / General I’ve attempted to hand edit the solution and project files to determine what is causing this but nothing I removed seemed to have any affect. Any ideas on how to fix this or where to look? A little off topic but even if this worked won't all settings you make get overwritten when CMake regenerates your project or are these stored in .user files or something else that CMake does not touch? John -- 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
Re: [CMake] Visual Studio Generator: Unable to show property page for custom build tool
Michael Guerrero wrote: Hi, I’ve been experimenting with using Visual Studio’s “Custom Build Tool” per cpp file to perform some specialized operations. However, the property page is not visible (not editable) when I generate a project with cmake. To see what this looks like, see here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/msbuild/thread/496e301c-de2e-49bf-bbfa-ea8de335a0a5 To reproduce: 1)Generate a c++ project for visual studio (I’m using vs2010) 2)Right click a .cpp file in the solution and go to properties 3)Under Configuration Properties/General, change “Item Type” to “Custom Build Tool” 4)Click Apply 5)Select Configuration Properties / Custom Build Tool / General I’ve attempted to hand edit the solution and project files to determine what is causing this but nothing I removed seemed to have any affect. Any ideas on how to fix this or where to look? Please have a look at the following issue that I reported last year: 0012570: VS10 property pages for single source file gone, http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12570 That's the issue, isn't it? I posted the following workaround at https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/635294/using-absolute-path-in-clcompile-item-prevents-property-pages-from-showing : Suppose the .vcxproj file is located at drive 'D:'. Now associate 'D:\' with a new (unused) drive letter, for example 'V:', using cmd.exe: subst V: D:\ Now open the project via drive 'V:', instead of drive 'D:'. And guess what, Visual Studio 2010 allows viewing the C/C++ properties of individual source files! HTH, Niels -- Niels Dekker http://www.xs4all.nl/~nd/dekkerware Scientific programmer at LKEB, Leiden University Medical Center -- 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
