Link a compiled .res file with CMake
c++, cmake, resources
Solution
Default lib extension is a bit sticky one, but you can do as follows:
# ...
ADD_EXECUTABLE( FOO ${FOO_SRCS} )
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( FOO ${FOO_LIBS} )
SET( FOO_LINKFLAGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/foo.res )
SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( FOO PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS ${FOO_LINKFLAGS} )
which would show up in MSVC as additional [linker] options (instead of dependencies). Hope that helps.
If there are other `LINK_FLAGS` defined, you may need to first store them in the `FOO_LINKFLAGS` and then append new ones.
Problem
I'm trying to link a compiled .res file with cmake but I can't seem to find out much info on how to do it. The closest I have got is ``` SET(RESOURCE_FILE resource.res) file(GLOB src_files "src/*.h" "src/*.cpp" "${RESOURCE_FILE}" ) add_executable(exename ${src_files}) ``` and then manually linking the .res file thru the IDE (i.e. in visual studio dropping the .res file in the Linker additional dependencies). This means I have to reset the additional dependency every time I change the cmake file. Surely there is a better way than this Forgive my inexperience with cmake, any help would be appreciated.