Generate C# project using CMake

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As of CMake 3.8.2, CSharp project generation is officially supported by CMake.

To build the default Visual Studio 2017 generated C#/WPF project using CMake, create a CMakeList.txt file as follows.

  • Project Declaration

      project(Example VERSION 0.1.0 LANGUAGES CSharp)

  • Include CMake CSharpUtilities if you are planning on using WPF or other designer properties.

      include(CSharpUtilities)

  • Add all cs, xaml, settings, properties

      add_executable(Example
      App.config
      App.xaml
      App.xaml.cs
      MainWindow.xaml
      MainWindow.xaml.cs

      Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
      Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
      Properties/Resources.resx
      Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
      Properties/Settings.settings)

  • Link designer files, xaml files, and other properties files with their corresponding cs files

      csharp_set_designer_cs_properties(
      Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
      Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
      Properties/Resources.resx
      Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
      Properties/Settings.settings)

  csharp_set_xaml_cs_properties(
      App.xaml
      App.xaml.cs
      MainWindow.xaml
      MainWindow.xaml.cs)

  • Set app App.xaml properties file as program entry point (if project is a WPF project)

      set_property(SOURCE App.xaml PROPERTY VS_XAML_TYPE "ApplicationDefinition")

  • Set other csproj file flags

      set_property(TARGET Example PROPERTY VS_DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK_VERSION "v4.6.1")
  set_property(TARGET Example PROPERTY WIN32_EXECUTABLE TRUE)
  // ...

  • Add libraries

      set_property(TARGET Example PROPERTY VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES
      "Microsoft.CSharp"
      "PresentationCore"
      "PresentationFramework"
      "System"
      "System.Core"
      "System.Data"
      "System.Data.DataSetExtensions"
      "System.Net.Http"
      "System.Xaml"
      "System.Xml"
      "System.Xml.Linq"
      "WindowsBase")

For a working WPF example, see https://github.com/bemehiser/cmake_csharp_example

For a WinForms example, see this answer.

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