>From the CMake side of things yes, but MSVC requires an import library. You >could use a tool such as Digital Mars' implib tool >(https://digitalmars.com/ctg/implib.html), or use dumpbin to list all exports, >put those in a .def file and use lib to create an import library from the def >file. If I am not mistaken, CMake's GNUtoMS switch (for the Mingw Makefiles >generator) does something like this automatically, so you could have a look at >how it is done there. But I assume it's simply parsing the dumpbin /exports >output to write a def file and running lib afterwards.
Regards, Johannes Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD Fraunhoferstr. 5 | 64283 Darmstadt | Germany Tel +49 6151 155-606 | Fax +49 6151 155-139 johannes.mueller-roe...@igd.fraunhofer.de | www.igd.fraunhofer.de -----Original Message----- From: CMake <cmake-boun...@cmake.org> On Behalf Of Marek Vojtko (Firaxis) Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 00:49 To: cmake@cmake.org Subject: [CMake] IMPORTED DLL-only Target on MSVC Hi, Is it not possible to wrap an external DLL-only library in an IMPORTED target? I have an external dependency that is a single DLL (shared library) and a header file, but no LIB (static library) file. When I create an IMPORTED target and depend on it via target_link_libraries() I run into linkage issues, because on MSVC CMake puts the DLL into the linker command (the "Input" text field in the "Linker" settings of the Project Properties). add_library( MyDependency::MyDependency MODULE IMPORTED ) set_target_properties( MyDependency::MyDependency PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${MyDependency_INCLUDE_DIR}" IMPORTED_LOCATION "${MyDependency_SHARED_LIB}" ) [..] add_executable( MyExecutable ... ) target_link_libraries( MyExecutable PRIVATE MyDependency::MyDependency ) I tried changing the library type in my add_library() call: - STATIC obviously didn't work, because I don't have a .lib file and the .dll file in IMPORTED_LOCATION was added to MyExecutable's linker line. - SHARED did not work because CMake expects a .dll in IMPORTED_LOCATION and a .lib in IMPORTED_IMP_LOCATION, so MyExecutable's linker line had a MyDependency::MyDependency-NOTFOUND entry in it. - MODULE seemed like the right choice when reading the documentation, but MyExecutable's linker line still contains the .dll file specified in IMPORTED_LOCATION. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Marek -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake