pc-ble-driver, CMake, absolute paths in the VS files

[Eliot Stock]

The pc-ble-driver project uses CMake to generate Solution and Project files for the Windows build of the project. CMake uses absolute paths in these generated files. I can't pick this code up and move it anywhere, or it won't build.

cmake.org/.../CMake_FAQ

So, if I manually edit all the Visual Studio files generated by CMake and convert absolute paths to relative ones, that FAQ not withstanding, can I expect the Solution to build?

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

I don't see any reason why changing the paths in the generated Visual Studio project to relative paths would not work. The problem is that this is a manual operation that needs to be done each time the project is generated by CMake.

Note that I have not tested this myself. If you try it, could you report back if you see any problems? In case any other users is wondering about this as well.

Best regards,

Jørgen

[Eliot Stock]

I tried this and it worked, but given that there are also hard coded paths to CMake in the VS project file, I gave up on making this path-portable in the end. Adding a scripting step to search and replace paths in the VS files seemed like more work than it was worth. Our README just specifies paths for the pc-ble-driver codebase and our central app code that uses it.