From 96c6bc25845c31da4031f667b583baf6f121a1c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandru Croitor Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:47:37 +0200 Subject: Help: Improve documentation of IMPORTED_LOCATION property Mention the usage of a configuration specific `IMPORTED_LOCATION_` value even if the `` is not the same as the active configuration of the currently built project. Co-Author: Brad King --- Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst index d674f29..a9123cd 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst @@ -15,7 +15,14 @@ is the location of the ``.dll`` part of the library. For ``UNKNOWN`` libraries this is the location of the file to be linked. Ignored for non-imported targets. -Projects may skip ``IMPORTED_LOCATION`` if the configuration-specific -property :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_LOCATION_` is set. To get the location -of an imported target read one of the :prop_tgt:`LOCATION` or -``LOCATION_`` properties. +The ``IMPORTED_LOCATION`` target property may be overridden for a +given configuration ```` by the configuration-specific +:prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_LOCATION_` target property. Furthermore, +the :prop_tgt:`MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_` target property may be +used to map between a project's configurations and those of an imported +target. If none of these is set then the name of any other configuration +listed in the :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS` target property may be +selected and its :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_LOCATION_` value used. + +To get the location of an imported target read one of the :prop_tgt:`LOCATION` +or ``LOCATION_`` properties. -- cgit v0.12