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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst index 8cfef7343..f0a1646b1 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION.rst @@ -1,21 +1,31 @@ IMPORTED_LOCATION ----------------- -Full path to the main file on disk for an IMPORTED target. +Full path to the main file on disk for an ``IMPORTED`` target. -Set this to the location of an IMPORTED target file on disk. For +Set this to the location of an ``IMPORTED`` target file on disk. For executables this is the location of the executable file. For bundles -on OS X this is the location of the executable file inside -Contents/MacOS under the application bundle folder. For static +on macOS this is the location of the executable file inside +``Contents/MacOS`` under the application bundle folder. For ``STATIC`` libraries and modules this is the location of the library or module. -For shared libraries on non-DLL platforms this is the location of the -shared library. For frameworks on OS X this is the location of the +For ``SHARED`` libraries on non-DLL platforms this is the location of the +shared library. For frameworks on macOS this is the location of the library file symlink just inside the framework folder. For DLLs this -is the location of the ".dll" part of the library. For UNKNOWN +is the location of the ``.dll`` part of the library. For ``UNKNOWN`` libraries this is the location of the file to be linked. Ignored for non-imported targets. -Projects may skip IMPORTED_LOCATION if the configuration-specific -property IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG> is set. To get the location of an -imported target read one of the LOCATION or LOCATION_<CONFIG> -properties. +The ``IMPORTED_LOCATION`` target property may be overridden for a +given configuration ``<CONFIG>`` by the configuration-specific +:prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG>` target property. Furthermore, +the :prop_tgt:`MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_<CONFIG>` target property may be +used to map between a project's configurations and those of an imported +target. If none of these is set then the name of any other configuration +listed in the :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS` target property may be +selected and its :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG>` value used. + +To get the location of an imported target read one of the :prop_tgt:`LOCATION` +or ``LOCATION_<CONFIG>`` properties. + +For platforms with import libraries (e.g. Windows) see also +:prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_IMPLIB`. |