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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_tgt/AUTORCC.rst | 5 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst index e5c593f..724d8ec 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst @@ -217,19 +217,16 @@ enabling :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTORCC` or the broader :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOGEN`. Visual Studio Generators ======================== -When using the :manual:`Visual Studio generators <cmake-generators(7)>` -CMake tries to use a ``PRE_BUILD`` -:command:`custom command <add_custom_command>` instead -of a :command:`custom target <add_custom_target>` for autogen. -``PRE_BUILD`` can't be used when the autogen target depends on files. +When using the :manual:`Visual Studio generators <cmake-generators(7)>`, +CMake uses a ``PRE_BUILD`` :command:`custom command <add_custom_command>` for +:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` and :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC`. +If the :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` and :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` processing depends on files, +a :command:`custom target <add_custom_target>` is used instead. This happens when -- :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` or :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` is enabled and the origin target - depends on :prop_sf:`GENERATED` files which aren't excluded from autogen by - :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOMOC`, :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOUIC`, :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOGEN` - or :policy:`CMP0071` -- :prop_tgt:`AUTORCC` is enabled and a ``.qrc`` file is listed in - the origin target sources +- The origin target depends on :prop_sf:`GENERATED` files which aren't excluded + from :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` and :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` by :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOMOC`, + :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOUIC`, :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOGEN` or :policy:`CMP0071` - :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS` lists a source file qtmain.lib on Windows diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTORCC.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTORCC.rst index c0f6a26..3cc5990 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTORCC.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTORCC.rst @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ as target sources at build time and invoke ``rcc`` accordingly. This property is initialized by the value of the :variable:`CMAKE_AUTORCC` variable if it is set when a target is created. +By default :prop_tgt:`AUTORCC` is processed inside a +:command:`custom command <add_custom_command>`. +If the ``.qrc`` file is :prop_sf:`GENERATED` though, a +:command:`custom target <add_custom_target>` is used instead. + Additional command line options for rcc can be set via the :prop_sf:`AUTORCC_OPTIONS` source file property on the ``.qrc`` file. |