Configure Aspose.Words for C++ in CMake Project

Aspose.Words for C++ API works with CMake for any GNU/Linux operating system. It can be downloaded from the official website.

Given CMake Project

Let’s suppose you have the following CMake project:

CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
project(app CXX)
add_executable(app main.cpp)

main.cpp:

int main()
{
    return 0;
}

Configure Manually

Follow the instructions below to manually configure Aspose.Words for C++ in your CMake:

1. Download the latest Aspose.Words for C++ package

2. Copy Aspose.Words.Cpp and CodePorting.Native.Cs2Cpp_api_*.* folders where you have CMakeLists.txt

3. Add the following lines to you CMakeLists.txt:

   	# find Aspose.Words for C++ package and it's dependencies
   	find_package(CodePorting.Native.Cs2Cpp REQUIRED CONFIG PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
   	find_package(Aspose.Words.Cpp REQUIRED CONFIG PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
   	find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
   
   	# Link target application with Aspose.Words for C++
   	target_link_libraries(app PRIVATE Aspose::Words Threads::Threads)
   	
   

4. Now you can build you application using Aspose.Words for C++:

   	cd <path_to_dir_with_CMakeLists.txt>
   	cmake -S . -B build -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
   	cmake --build build
   	./build/app