using xib in firebreath plugin - xcode

Question

I've created a firebreath plugin on mac os which HAVE TO pop up a window to get user input(just a text field and two buttons).
This is my current projectDef.cmake for testing.
file (GLOB XIB RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
Mac/bundle_template/input.xib
)
# Make sure we can find the 'ibtool' program. If we can NOT find it we
# skip generation of this project
find_program(IBTOOL ibtool HINTS "/usr/bin" "${OSX_DEVELOPER_ROOT}/usr/bin")
if (${IBTOOL} STREQUAL "IBTOOL-NOTFOUND")
message(SEND_ERROR "ibtool can not be found and is needed to compile the .xib files. It should have been installed with the Apple developer tools. The default system paths were searched in addition to ${OSX_DEVELOPER_ROOT}/usr/bin")
endif()
# make the compiled nib file to desktop for testing
set (NIBFILE /Users/develop/Desktop/input.nib)
add_custom_command (TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
COMMAND ${IBTOOL} --errors --warnings --notices --output-format human-readable-text --compile ${NIBFILE} ${XIB}
COMMENT "Compiling input.xib")
set (SOURCES
${SOURCES}
${PLATFORM}
${XIB}
)
the add_custom_command block takes no effect from cmake, no nib file compiled when my plugin target build successfully, but ibtool works from command line in terminal.

Answer 1

Looks like what you need to do is compile the .xib file to a .nib file. There is an example of how to do that here:
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:OSX_InterfaceBuilderFiles
basically you'll do something similar to this:
# Make sure we can find the 'ibtool' program. If we can NOT find it we
# skip generation of this project
find_program(IBTOOL ibtool HINTS "/usr/bin" "${OSX_DEVELOPER_ROOT}/usr/bin")
if (${IBTOOL} STREQUAL "IBTOOL-NOTFOUND")
message(SEND_ERROR "ibtool can not be found and is needed to compile the .xib files. It should have been installed with the Apple developer tools. The default system paths were searched in addition to ${OSX_DEVELOPER_ROOT}/usr/bin")
endif()
set (NIBFILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/input.nib)
add_custom_command (TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
COMMAND ${IBTOOL} --errors --warnings --notices --output-format human-readable-text
--compile ${NIBFILE} ${XIB}
COMMENT "Compiling input.xib")
set (SOURCES
${SOURCES}
${PLATFORM}
${XIB}
${NIBFILE}
)
set_source_files_properties(${NIBFILE}
PROPERTIES
MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION "Resources/English.lproj"
GENERATED 1
)
You need to set the location for the NIB file, but remember that you also need to set it to GENERATED because it won't be there when the prep script is run for the first time.

Answer 2

Problem solved. See this link. That method works. My final solution is as follows:
//projectDef.cmake
set(XIB "Mac/bundle_template/input.xib")
add_mac_plugin(${PROJECT_NAME} ${PLIST} ${STRINGS} ${LOCALIZED} SOURCES ${XIB})
//Mac.cmake in "add_mac_plugin" macro
if (${ARGC} GREATER 5)
add_library( ${PROJECT_NAME} MODULE
${SOURCES}
${ARGN}
)
else()
add_library( ${PROJECT_NAME} MODULE
${SOURCES}
)
endif()
if (${ARGC} GREATER 5)
set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
BUNDLE 1
BUNDLE_EXTENSION plugin
XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_WRAPPER_EXTENSION plugin #sets the extension to .plugin
XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_MACH_O_TYPE mh_bundle
XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_INFOPLIST_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bundle/Info.plist
MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bundle/Info.plist
RESOURCE ${ARGN}
LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,- exported_symbols_list,${FB_ESC_ROOT_DIR}/gen_templates/ExportList_plugin.txt")
else()
set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
BUNDLE 1
BUNDLE_EXTENSION plugin
XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_WRAPPER_EXTENSION plugin #sets the extension to .plugin
XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_MACH_O_TYPE mh_bundle
XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_INFOPLIST_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bundle/Info.plist
MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bundle/Info.plist
LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-exported_symbols_list,${FB_ESC_ROOT_DIR}/gen_templates/ExportList_plugin.txt")
endif()
My modification seems not so beautiful, I don't understand cmake very well. hi taxilian, can you update the macro to support external resources like xib? By the way, thanks a lot, man.