Add a command that returns the resolved value of cmake.buildDirectory

Brief Issue Summary

Using ${config:cmake.buildDirectory} in launch.json with visual cpp debugger doesn’t work. After a successful cmake configure the ${config:cmake.buildDirectory} is not correctly resolved. In my example in settings.json the cmake.buildDirectory looks like this: "cmake.buildDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}/../CMakeBuild/vscode/NSW-51770/${buildKit}/${buildType}",

The ${buildKit} and ${buildType} are not resolved but just copied into the resulting string.

Expected:

cmake.buildDirectory is correctly resolved

Platform and Versions

• Operating System: Windows
• CMake Version: 3.14
• VSCode Version: 1.34
• CMake Tools Extension Version: 1.1.3
• Compiler/Toolchain: Visual C++ 2019

[zrno]

Thanks for the answer. I can not use launchTargetDirectory as I have multiple targets in my project. The launch.json has several targets listed. Example launch.json:

"configurations": [
    {
        "name": "Target1 Launch",
        "program": "${config:cmake.buildDirectory}/Target1/Target1.exe",
    },
    {
        "name": "Target2 Launch",
        "program": "${config:cmake.buildDirectory}/Target2/Target2.exe",
    },

Using ${config:cmake.buildDirectory} isn’t working. Any solution for that?

[bobbrow]

As I have been reviewing the existing issues, I found that there is already one tracking this request. #564