I have a custom build of Slicer and I am trying to override the application name by setting SlicerApp_APPLICATION_NAME. However, I get a pile of CMake errors when i build. It seems to fail to find several targets whose names are based on SlicerApp_APPLICATION_NAME. The name I set it to is similar to…

The variable SlicerApp_APPLICATION_NAME can not contain special characters. If you would like to set a string like “Slicer (XXX Edition)”, I suggest you set a different window title. Assuming you use the KitwareMedical/SlicerCustomAppTemplate , you could easily customize the value in the Main.cpp a…

I’m not using the template - can I just set Slicer_MAIN_PROJECT_APPLICATION_NAME?

I would strongly recommend to use the custom application template as it enables much more refined customization and much cleaner separation of Slicer core and customized code. Also, now all the custom/commercial Slicer editions use the custom application template, so it is very well tested and conti…

Are there instructions for running the template tool on Windows?

Also, if I already have a Slicer repository with my custom changes in it, can I still use it, or do I have to start over?

All the instructions for all platforms are described in the git repository of the custom application template. The custom app template allows you to customize Slicer without modifying any Slicer core file, thereby allowing clean separation of all custom changes from Slicer core updates. If you modif…

Is the custom project created by the template based on any particular branch/version of Slicer? Can the branch/repo be specified in the template tool?

By default, the generated project use the github.com/Slicer/Slicer and the latest commit hash. Once the project is generated, you can definitely change the value in the project CMakeLists.txt. For example, here is what we do in SlicerSALT: Kitware/SlicerSALT/blob/6617d8e490429057594dbfb3f48…

Proper use of SlicerApp_APPLICATION_NAME

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Proper use of SlicerApp_APPLICATION_NAME

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