AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES ------------------- A :ref:`;-list ` list of macro names used by :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` to determine if a C++ file needs to be processed by ``moc``. This property is only used if the :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` property is ``ON`` for this target. When running :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC`, CMake searches for the strings listed in :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES` in C++ source and header files. If any of the strings is found - as the first non space string on a new line or - as the first non space string after a ``{`` on a new line, then the file will be processed by ``moc``. By default :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES` is initialized from :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`. See the :manual:`cmake-qt(7)` manual for more information on using CMake with Qt. Example ^^^^^^^ In this case the ``Q_OBJECT`` macro is hidden inside another macro called ``CUSTOM_MACRO``. To let CMake know that source files that contain ``CUSTOM_MACRO`` need to be ``moc`` processed, we call:: set_property(TARGET tgt APPEND PROPERTY AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES "CUSTOM_MACRO")