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diff --git a/Help/command/add_library.rst b/Help/command/add_library.rst index fe7735c..5033e18 100644 --- a/Help/command/add_library.rst +++ b/Help/command/add_library.rst @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ property is set to ``ON`` automatically. A ``SHARED`` library may be marked with the :prop_tgt:`FRAMEWORK` target property to create an OS X Framework. +If a library does not export any symbols, it must not be declared as a +``SHARED`` library. For example, a Windows resource DLL or a managed C++/CLI +DLL that exports no unmanaged symbols would need to be a ``MODULE`` library. +This is because CMake expects a ``SHARED`` library to always have an +associated import library on Windows. + By default the library file will be created in the build tree directory corresponding to the source tree directory in which the command was invoked. See documentation of the :prop_tgt:`ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY`, |