Generate VC++ Properties file (.prop) for PCL projects

PCL_props_generator.py

import os
import os.path as op

# Paths can be user-defined
pcl_dir = os.environ["PCL_ROOT"]
pcl_ver = pcl_dir.split(' ')[-1]
vctool_ver = list(filter(lambda part: part.startswith('vc'),
    os.listdir(op.join(pcl_dir, '3rdParty', 'Boost', 'lib'))[0].split('-')))[0] #vc140
openni_dir = op.sep.join(os.environ['OPENNI2_LIB64'].split(op.sep)[:-2])

template = '''
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets"/>
  
  <!-- User Macros -->
  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
    <PCL_ROOT Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">{pcl_dir}</PCL_ROOT>
    <PCL_ROOT Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">{pcl_dir}</PCL_ROOT>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <!-- Debug|Win32 -->
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
    <ClCompile>
      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PCL_ROOT)\\include\\{pcl_ver_dir};$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Boost\\include\\{boost_ver_dir};$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Eigen\\eigen3;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\FLANN\\include;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\QHull\\include;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\VTK\\include\\vtk-7.0;{openni_dir_include};%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
      <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
    </ClCompile>
    <Link>
      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PCL_ROOT)\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Boost\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\FLANN\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\QHull\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\VTK\\lib;{openni_dir_lib};%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)'=='{vctool_ver}'">{debug_libs}%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
    </Link>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>

  <!-- Release|Win32 -->
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
    <ClCompile>
      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PCL_ROOT)\\include\\{pcl_ver_dir};$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Boost\\include\\{boost_ver_dir};$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Eigen\\eigen3;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\FLANN\\include;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\QHull\\include;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\VTK\\include\\vtk-7.0;{openni_dir_include};%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
      <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
    </ClCompile>
    <Link>
      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PCL_ROOT)\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Boost\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\FLANN\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\QHull\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\VTK\\lib;{openni_dir_lib};%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)'=='{vctool_ver}'">{release_libs}%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
    </Link>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>

  <!-- Debug|x64 -->
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
    <ClCompile>
      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PCL_ROOT)\\include\\{pcl_ver_dir};$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Boost\\include\\{boost_ver_dir};$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Eigen\\eigen3;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\FLANN\\include;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\QHull\\include;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\VTK\\include\\vtk-7.0;{openni_dir_include};%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
      <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
    </ClCompile>
    <Link>
      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PCL_ROOT)\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Boost\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\FLANN\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\QHull\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\VTK\\lib;{openni_dir_lib};%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)'=='{vctool_ver}'">{debug_libs}%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
    </Link>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>

  <!-- Release|x64 -->
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
    <ClCompile>
      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PCL_ROOT)\\include\\{pcl_ver_dir};$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Boost\\include\\{boost_ver_dir};$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Eigen\\eigen3;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\FLANN\\include;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\QHull\\include;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\VTK\\include\\vtk-7.0;{openni_dir_include};%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
      <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
    </ClCompile>
    <Link>
      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PCL_ROOT)\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\Boost\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\FLANN\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\QHull\\lib;$(PCL_ROOT)\\3rdParty\\VTK\\lib;{openni_dir_lib};%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)'=='{vctool_ver}'">{release_libs}%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
    </Link>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>

</Project>
'''

common = ['opengl32.lib', 'OpenNI2.lib']
debug_libs = list(common)
release_libs = list(common)

def find_libs(path, has_gd=False):
    for name in os.listdir(path):
        if op.isfile(op.join(path, name)) and name.endswith('.lib'):
            if name.endswith('_debug.lib') or name.find('-gd') > 0 or name.find('_d') > 0:
                debug_libs.append(name)
            elif name.endswith('_release.lib') or has_gd:
                release_libs.append(name)
            else:
                debug_libs.append(name)
                release_libs.append(name)

            
find_libs(op.join(pcl_dir, 'lib'))
find_libs(op.join(pcl_dir, '3rdParty', 'Boost', 'lib'), True)
find_libs(op.join(pcl_dir, '3rdParty', 'FLANN', 'lib'), True)
find_libs(op.join(pcl_dir, '3rdParty', 'Qhull', 'lib'), True)
find_libs(op.join(pcl_dir, '3rdParty', 'VTK', 'lib'), True)

with open('pcl.props','w') as f:
    f.write(template.format(
        pcl_dir=pcl_dir,
        pcl_ver_dir='pcl-' + pcl_dir.split(' ')[-1][:-2],
        boost_ver_dir=os.listdir(op.join(pcl_dir, '3rdParty', 'Boost', 'include'))[0],
        debug_libs=';'.join(debug_libs),
        release_libs=';'.join(release_libs),
        vctool_ver=vctool_ver,
        openni_dir_include=op.join(openni_dir, 'Include'),
        openni_dir_lib=op.join(openni_dir, 'Lib')
    ))

print("finished")