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Moving from QMake to CMake for Qt5 projects
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
project(Qt5App)
#
# Qt5 support
#
# general overview:
# * [Modern CMake with Qt and Boost](http://www.kdab.com/modern-cmake-with-qt-and-boost/)
# * [Using CMake with Qt 5](http://www.kdab.com/using-cmake-with-qt-5/)
#
set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
find_package(Qt5PrintSupport REQUIRED)
find_package(Qt5Sql REQUIRED)
set(QT5_LIBRARIES Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::Sql)
#
# project main
#
set(TARGET ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME})
set(SOURCES
main.cpp
mainwindow.cpp
setupdialog.cpp
userdialog.cpp
printmanager.cpp
dbmanager.cpp
)
set(UI_SOURCES
mainwindow.ui
setupdialog.ui
userdialog.ui
)
#
# Generate necessary headers from .ui files. (qmake lets `uic` do this job.)
# hint from [Cross-platform Qt5 project using cmake](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21174586/cross-platform-qt5-project-using-cmake)
#
qt5_wrap_ui(UI_GENERATED_HEADERS ${UI_SOURCES})
#
# IMPORTANT: Adding generated headers to target as dependencies
# hint from [unable to include a ui_form header of QT5 in cmake](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16245147/unable-to-include-a-ui-form-header-of-qt5-in-cmake)
#
add_executable(${TARGET} ${SOURCES} ${UI_GENERATED_HEADERS})
#
# `target_link_libraries()` rather than `qt5_use_modules()` for CMake 2.8.11 or later
# hint from [CMake & QT5 - QT5_WRAP_UI not generating ui header files](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25875255/cmake-qt5-qt5-wrap-ui-not-generating-ui-header-files)
#
target_link_libraries(${TARGET} ${QT5_LIBRARIES})
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