How to add juce_generate_juce_header so that #include <JuceHeader.h> can be used in the source files?

[7sharp9]

Im wondering how I would go abaout adding 'juce_generate_juce_header' in the 'CMakeList.txt' so i can add a simple '#include ' in my source files?

Do I add this to the 'SharedCode' or the "${PROJECT_NAME}" this pert of the template I do noy fully inderstand yet...

Thanks for any insight!

Dave.

[sudara]

Hi there!

Thanks for writing!

Using JuceHeader.h has been deprecated for some time, so if it's a new project, I would definitely avoid it! To do that, just include the .h files you need from the juce modules you are using, like #include "juce_gui_basics/juce_gui_basics.h".

In terms of CMake, you'll just need to explicitly list the juce modules you want SharedCode to link to. Pamplejuce already does a handful of them:

target_link_libraries(SharedCode
    INTERFACE
    Assets
    melatonin_inspector
    juce_audio_utils
    juce_audio_processors
    juce_dsp
    juce_gui_basics
    juce_gui_extra
    juce::juce_recommended_config_flags
    juce::juce_recommended_lto_flags
    juce::juce_recommended_warning_flags)

If you are converting an older project, IMO it's very worth the conversion away from JuceHeader (to using the actual juce modules you need) — you'll get faster compilation, autocomplete, etc. You can see an example of the conversion I did for the pluginval project: https://github.com/Tracktion/pluginval/pull/90/files — it's just making sure the juce:: prefix is added everywhere and your IDE should yell at you when you need to include one of the modules :)

[7sharp9]

I guess its just laziness and unfamiluarity where the juce bits and pieces are located, having them collated in the JuceHeader.h was just handy thats all :-)

[sudara]

I've never used JuceHeader with CMake, but reading the docs, you would specify juce_generate_juce_header(SharedCode) after the target_link_libraries line.

That command looks at the added modules to generate the header, so you'll still need to manually figure out what modules you depend on...

Hope that helps!