CSharpUtilities

Added in version 3.8.

This utility module is intended to simplify the configuration of CSharp/.NET targets and provides a collection of commands for managing CSharp targets with Visual Studio Generators, version 2010 and newer.

Load this module in a CMake project with:

include(CSharpUtilities)

Commands

This module provides the following commands:

Main Commands

• csharp_set_windows_forms_properties()

• csharp_set_designer_cs_properties()

• csharp_set_xaml_cs_properties()

Helper Commands

• csharp_get_filename_keys()

• csharp_get_filename_key_base()

• csharp_get_dependentupon_name()

Main Commands

csharp_set_windows_forms_properties

Sets source file properties for use of Windows Forms:

csharp_set_windows_forms_properties([<files>...])

<files>...

A list of zero or more source files which are relevant for setting the VS_CSHARP_<tagname> source file properties. This typically includes files with .cs, .resx, and .Designer.cs extensions.

Use this command when a CSharp target in the project uses Windows Forms.

This command searches in the provided list of files for pairs of related files ending with .Designer.cs (designer files) or .resx (resource files). For each such file, a corresponding base .cs file is searched (with the same base name). When found, the VS_CSHARP_<tagname> source file properties are set as follows:

For the .cs file:

• VS_CSHARP_SubType "Form"

For the .Designer.cs file (if it exists):

• VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon <cs-filename>

• VS_CSHARP_DesignTime "" (tag is removed if previously defined)

• VS_CSHARP_AutoGen "" (tag is removed if previously defined)

For the .resx file (if it exists):

• VS_RESOURCE_GENERATOR "" (tag is removed if previously defined)

• VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon <cs-filename>

• VS_CSHARP_SubType "Designer"

csharp_set_designer_cs_properties

Sets source file properties for .Designer.cs files depending on sibling filenames:

csharp_set_designer_cs_properties([<files>...])

<files>...

A list of zero or more source files which are relevant for setting the VS_CSHARP_<tagname> source file properties. This typically includes files with .resx, .settings, and .Designer.cs extensions.

Use this command, if the CSharp target does not use Windows Forms (for Windows Forms use csharp_set_windows_forms_properties() instead).

This command searches through the provided list for files ending in .Designer.cs (designer files). For each such file, it looks for sibling files with the same base name but different extensions. If a matching file is found, the appropriate source file properties are set on the corresponding .Designer.cs file based on the matched extension:

If match is .resx file:

• VS_CSHARP_AutoGen "True"

• VS_CSHARP_DesignTime "True"

• VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon <resx-filename>

If match is .cs file:

• VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon <cs-filename>

If match is .settings file:

• VS_CSHARP_AutoGen "True"

• VS_CSHARP_DesignTimeSharedInput "True"

• VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon <settings-filename>

Note

Because the source file properties of the .Designer.cs file are set according to the found matches and every match sets the VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon source file property, there should only be one match for each Designer.cs file.

csharp_set_xaml_cs_properties

Sets source file properties for use of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and XAML:

csharp_set_xaml_cs_properties([<files>...])

Use this command, if the CSharp target uses WPF/XAML.

<files>...

A list of zero or more source files which are relevant for setting the VS_CSHARP_<tagname> source file properties. This typically includes files with .cs, .xaml, and .xaml.cs extensions.

This command searches the provided file list for files ending with .xaml.cs. For each such XAML code-behind file, a corresponding .xaml file with the same base name is searched. If found, the following source file property is set on the .xaml.cs file:

• VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon <xaml-filename>

Helper Commands

These commands are used by the above main commands and typically aren't used directly:

csharp_get_filename_keys

Computes a normalized list of key values to identify source files independently of relative or absolute paths given in CMake and eliminates case sensitivity:

csharp_get_filename_keys(<variable> [<files>...])

<variable>

Name of the variable in which the list of computed keys is stored.

<files>...

Zero or more source file paths as given to CSharp target using commands like add_library(), or add_executable().

This command canonicalizes file paths to ensure consistent identification of source files. This is useful when source files are added to a target using different path forms. Without normalization, CMake may treat paths like myfile.Designer.cs and ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/myfile.Designer.cs as different files, which can cause issues when setting source file properties.

For example, the following code will fail to set properties because the file paths do not match exactly:

add_library(lib myfile.cs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/myfile.Designer.cs)

set_source_files_properties(
  myfile.Designer.cs
  PROPERTIES VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon myfile.cs
)

csharp_get_filename_key_base

Returns the full filepath and name without extension of a key:

csharp_get_filename_key_base(<base> <key>)

<base>

Name of the variable with the computed base value of the <key> without the file extension.

<key>

The key of which the base will be computed. Expected to be a uppercase full filename from csharp_get_filename_keys().

csharp_get_dependentupon_name

Computes a string which can be used as value for the source file property VS_CSHARP_<tagname> with <tagname> being DependentUpon:

csharp_get_dependentupon_name(<variable> <file>)

<variable>

Name of the variable with the result value. Value contains the name of the <file> without directory.

<file>

Filename to convert for using in the value of the VS_CSHARP_DependentUpon source file property.