automatically copy windows dll dependencies into the exe output directory

Author: floooh

cmake/fips.cmake

@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ macro(fips_begin_app target type)
         fips_config_output_directory(${target})
         fips_config_postfixes_for_exe(${target})
         fips_msvc_add_target_properties(${target})
+        fips_windows_copy_target_dlls(${target})
         fips_android_postbuildstep(${target})
         fips_add_to_targets_list(${target} "app")
     else()

cmake/fips_platform.cmake

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#   fips_vs_apply_options()
+#   fips_msvc_apply_options()
 #   Applies the module-specific options set between begin/end, plus
 #   any other MSVC specific target options.
 #
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ macro(fips_msvc_add_target_properties target)
     endif()
 endmacro()
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#   fips_windows_copy_target_dlls()
+#   On Windows, copy any DLLs linked to the target into the target output
+#   directory.
+#
+#   See: https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-copy-dlls-to-binary-directory/10154
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+macro(fips_windows_copy_target_dlls target)
+    if (FIPS_WINDOWS)
+        add_custom_command (
+            TARGET "${target}" POST_BUILD
+            COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy -t "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>"
+                    "$<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:${target}>" USES_TERMINAL COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
+        )
+    endif()
+endmacro()
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #   fips_frameworks_osx(frameworks ...)
 #   OSX specific: Add one or more OSX frameworks for linking with the