Listing header files in Visual Studio C++ project generated by cmake

Question

I\'m building a cmake based build system for our product. The problem is that Visual Studio project, generated by cmake, doesn\'t display header files in solution browser.

Answer 1

I had the same problem while working at a build system for a Qt project and I came out with this solution, thanks to the other posts on this page. I included a complete example adapted from my makefiles. Hope this helps!

cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6) 
project (DemoSolution)

find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
include(${QT_USE_FILE})
add_definitions(${QT_DEFINITIONS})

include_directories (../../include/)
set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)

file(GLOB Demo_SOURCES *.cpp)
file(GLOB Demo_HEADERS *.hpp)
file(GLOB Demo_FORMS *.ui)
file(GLOB Demo_RESOURCES resources.qrc)

qt4_wrap_cpp(Demo_MOC ${Demo_HEADERS})
qt4_wrap_ui(Demo_FORMS_HEADERS ${Demo_FORMS})
qt4_add_resources(Demo_RESOURCES_RCC ${Demo_RESOURCES})

source_group("Headers" FILES ${Demo_HEADERS})
source_group("MOC" FILES ${Demo_MOC})

set(QT_USE_QTNETWORK, true)
set(QT_USE_QTSQL, true)
set(QT_USE_QTXML, true)

add_library(Demo SHARED
    ${Demo_SOURCES}
    ${Demo_HEADERS}
    ${Demo_MOC}
    ${Demo_FORMS_HEADERS}
    ${Demo_RESOURCES_RCC}
    )

target_link_libraries(Demo ${QT_LIBRARIES})
add_definitions(-D_DEMO_EXPORTS)