Set (configure) preset in custom task?

[KUGA2]

Hi,

we got a custom task generating a CMake Preset via conan install. I there a way to automatically set this new preset (name known) as active in that task?

Thanks

[gcampbell-msft]

@KUGA2 Could you explain more about the workflow so that I understand the entire flow? There may be ways to do it, but it depends on how things are invoked and how the entire flow operates. Thanks!

[KUGA2]

Well, thats really it. We got one task that generates a CMake preset (Conan in our case, but that really does not matter). If we had a task that switched the active configure preset, we could chain it together.

[gcampbell-msft]

Understood. I don't believe we have a command visible through the command pallete that would do this.

I attempted with a couple other tasks we have, and I don't believe we have one that would do this. We do have a command cmake.setConfigurePreset that can be called with the VS Code API, for example, through the VSCode API Explorer extension, but I attempted to use it in a tasks.json and it didn't seem to work.

There may be a way if you investigate more on how to execute a vscode command through a tasks.json with arguments, but it seems to pass additional arguments that mess with how our implementation handles it.

[KUGA2]

Thank you. It would be nice to have but we can definitely live without it. I really do not want to mess with (potentially unstable) internal interfaces.

Maybe, while you are on in, someday you can add it with minimal effort. If not, nevermind :)