add assembly manifest generation for msvc toolset, I have no clue why it doesn't find my assembly for a while (therefore doesn't find DLL)

Author: AnastaZIuk

cmake/common.cmake

@@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ macro(nbl_create_executable_project _EXTRA_SOURCES _EXTRA_OPTIONS _EXTRA_INCLUDE
 	if(ANDROID)
 		add_library(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} SHARED main.cpp ${_EXTRA_SOURCES})
 	else()
-		add_executable(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} main.cpp ${_EXTRA_SOURCES})
+		set(NBL_EXAMPLE_SOURCES 
+			main.cpp
+			${NBL_ASSEMBLIES_MANIFEST_FILEPATH}
+			${_EXTRA_SOURCES}
+		)
+		
+		add_executable(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} ${NBL_EXAMPLE_SOURCES})
+		add_dependencies(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} Nabla_manifest)
 
 		if(NBL_DYNAMIC_MSVC_RUNTIME)
 			set_property(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>DLL")

cmake/manifest/msvc/cmake.nabla.manifest

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0">
+  <assemblyIdentity type="Win32" name="DevshGraphicsProgramming.Windows.Nabla" version="1.0.0.0" publicKeyToken="0000000000000000" />
+  <file name="@NABLA_DLL@"/>
+</assembly>

cmake/scripts/nbl/nablaMSVCManifest.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2022 DevSH Graphics Programming Sp. z O.O.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# CMake script for generating msvc manifest during build time
+
+if(DEFINED NBL_ROOT_PATH)
+	if(NOT EXISTS ${NBL_ROOT_PATH})
+		message(FATAL_ERROR  "NBL_ROOT_PATH as '${NBL_ROOT_PATH}' is invalid!")
+	endif()
+else()
+	message(FATAL_ERROR  "NBL_ROOT_PATH variable must be specified for this script!")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT DEFINED NBL_GEN_DIRECTORY)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "NBL_GEN_DIRECTORY variable must be specified for this script!")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT DEFINED NABLA_DLL_PATH)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR  "NABLA_DLL_PATH variable must be specified for this script!")
+endif()
+
+cmake_path(GET NABLA_DLL_PATH FILENAME NABLA_DLL)
+
+set(NBL_INPUT_MSVC_MANIFEST_FILE ${NBL_ROOT_PATH}/cmake/manifest/msvc/cmake.nabla.manifest)
+set(NBL_OUTPUT_MSVC_MANIFEST_FILE ${NBL_GEN_DIRECTORY}/nabla.manifest)
+
+message(STATUS "Generating ${NBL_OUTPUT_MSVC_MANIFEST_FILE}")
+configure_file("${NBL_INPUT_MSVC_MANIFEST_FILE}" "${NBL_OUTPUT_MSVC_MANIFEST_FILE}")

src/nbl/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -455,6 +455,18 @@ if (ANDROID)
 	)
 endif()
 
+if(NOT NBL_STATIC_BUILD)
+	set(NBL_ASSEMBLIES_MANIFEST_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/nabla.manifest)
+	set(NBL_ASSEMBLIES_MANIFEST_FILEPATH ${NBL_ASSEMBLIES_MANIFEST_DIRECTORY}/nabla.manifest CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
+	add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${NBL_ASSEMBLIES_MANIFEST_FILEPATH}"
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DNBL_ROOT_PATH:PATH=${NBL_ROOT_PATH} -DNBL_GEN_DIRECTORY:PATH=${NBL_ASSEMBLIES_MANIFEST_DIRECTORY} -DNABLA_DLL_PATH:FILEPATH=$<TARGET_FILE:Nabla> -P ${NBL_ROOT_PATH}/cmake/scripts/nbl/nablaMSVCManifest.cmake
+		COMMENT "Launching nabla.manifest generation script!"
+		VERBATIM
+	)
+	
+	add_custom_target(Nabla_manifest ALL DEPENDS ${NBL_ASSEMBLIES_MANIFEST_FILEPATH} ${NBL_ROOT_PATH}/cmake/scripts/nbl/nablaMSVCManifest.cmake)
+endif()
+
 ## Set up 3rdparty deps
 # Parallel Hashmap
 target_include_directories(Nabla PUBLIC ${THIRD_PARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/parallel-hashmap/parallel_hashmap)