In the project I'm working on, I need to process certain filetypes with a custom command (building assemblies, namely, due to certain plugin / toolchain limitations, which are beside the point). This is configured from our premake script:
filter { "files:*.extension" }
buildcommands("blah.exe %(FullPath) --my --args")
buildoutputs("$(OutDir)%(FileName).obj")
The project will fail to build unless I set the Properties -> Custom Build Tool -> Link Objects property to No for each individual *.extension item. (These should not be linked as part of the custom step anyway.)
How can I configure this particular property from our premake script without resorting to hacks? (e.g. Anything similar to xcodebuildsettings)
Looks like a more recent master of premake supports a linkObjects file configuration function that does just that (not yet in the docs). Up we date...
Until then, one possible hack is to use buildmessage("false") then do a find-replace all in the generated project files for the Message XML tag to LinkObjects.