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diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
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--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -1571,6 +1571,21 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::
WriteMidlOptions(std::string const& /*config*/,
std::vector<std::string> const & includes)
{
+ // This processes *any* of the .idl files specified in the project's file
+ // list (and passed as the item metadata %(Filename) expressing the rule
+ // input filename) into output files at the per-config *build* dir
+ // ($(IntDir)) each.
+ //
+ // IOW, this MIDL section is intended to provide a fully generic syntax
+ // content suitable for most cases (read: if you get errors, then it's quite
+ // probable that the error is on your side of the .idl setup).
+ //
+ // Also, note that the marked-as-generated _i.c file in the Visual Studio
+ // generator case needs to be referred to as $(IntDir)\foo_i.c at the
+ // project's file list, otherwise the compiler-side processing won't pick it
+ // up (for non-directory form, it ends up looking in project binary dir
+ // only). Perhaps there's something to be done to make this more automatic
+ // on the CMake side?
this->WriteString("<Midl>\n", 2);
this->OutputIncludes(includes);
this->WriteString("<OutputDirectory>$(IntDir)</OutputDirectory>\n", 3);