[CMake] Out-of-source build and access to data

Hello everyone, Currently I'm using cmake for building my c++/Qt project. The source directory structure looks like this: Project |_ src |_ include |_ data Currently I run cmake from the source directory, having an in-source-build. Now I want to be able to have a complete seperate build folder.

Re: [CMake] Out-of-source build and access to data

Send some code for us to look at. If the cwd is where your exe is, and there's a file at ./data/file1 then you should certainly be able to open and read that file with that file name. Maybe your cwd is not what you think it is. Maybe your code changes it somewhere between launching and

Re: [CMake] Out-of-source build and access to data

ok, sorry, let's make it more real. I cannot disclose much code, but it's like this: I have a normal Qt application started out of a main.cpp which is located in $SOURCE_DIR/src In another QWidget also located in $SOURCE_DIR/src I call a function which is also declared in $SOURCE_DIR/src with

Re: [CMake] Out-of-source build and access to data

Look at these two documents: http://doc.trolltech.com/4.1/qt-conf.html http://doc.trolltech.com/4.1/qlibraryinfo.html#location By creating a qt.conf in your build directory next to your application you can make your code completely agnostic to the location of your data files. HTH Michael On

Re: [CMake] Out-of-source build and access to data

You can install target and data and then run your program. 2011/1/26, Benjamin Kurz benjamin.k...@bioskill.com: Hello everyone, Currently I'm using cmake for building my c++/Qt project. The source directory structure looks like this: Project |_ src |_ include |_ data Currently I run