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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I need to include a 3<sup>rd</sup>-party API, which comes without source, as an object (.o) file into a static library using CMake 2.8.3. I know it is possible to add the .o when executables are linked, but that is not the preferred method. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have simply defined the .o file in the ADD_LIBRARY command. This works under linux, and nmake (MS Visual Studio 10 /2010). If I look in the cmake-generated build.make, CMake correctly recognizes the .o as an external dependency and defines a <libname>_EXTERNAL_OBJECTS variable in there, and it is listed at the tail end of objects1.rsp. So far, so good!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When using the “Visual Studio 10” generator, CMake adds the object file as a <ClInclude Include=”…..”/> XML element under a <ItemGroup> element that also lists all the source files as <ClCompile> elements for the static library project. Of course the .o is not include in the lib when the project is built. I can manually go into the project properties, and add it as an “Additional Dependencies” dependency for the Librarian, and that works. Is there a way to get CMake to do this automatically?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shash<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>