add an empty library to be able to use $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:

ApplicationExeCode/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -380,26 +380,21 @@ else()
   endforeach(OPENVDS_LIB_NAME)
 endif(MSVC)
 
+# create an empty library target that will be used to copy files to the build folder
+add_library(ResInsightFileCopyTargets EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL empty.cpp)
+set_property(TARGET ResInsightFileCopyTargets PROPERTY FOLDER "FileCopyTargets")
 
-
-# create the build folder using the configuration name(Debug, Relese, ...) before copying files there
-add_custom_target(build-time-make-directory ALL
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory $<CONFIGURATION>)
-
 # Copy dependencies to make it possible to run ResInsight from the build folder
 foreach(full_file_name ${RI_FILENAMES})
   # Get the filename from the full path.
   get_filename_component(file_name ${full_file_name} NAME)
   add_custom_target( prebuild_${file_name}
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${full_file_name} .
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${full_file_name} $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:ResInsightFileCopyTargets>
   )
 
   # My application depends on the each pre-build target.
   add_dependencies( ResInsight prebuild_${file_name} )
 
-  # The pre-build target depends on the build-time-make-directory target to make sure the directory exists.
-  add_dependencies( prebuild_${file_name} build-time-make-directory )
-
   set_property(TARGET prebuild_${file_name} PROPERTY FOLDER "FileCopyTargets")
 
 endforeach()

ApplicationExeCode/empty.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//
+// This empty file is used by ResInsightFileCopyTargets
+//
+// Creating a dummy target with an empty file is used to have a different target than ResInsight.
+// This target is used to find the full path to the build folder.
+//
+// $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:ResInsightFileCopyTargets>
+//
+// If we use the ResInsight target ($<TARGET_FILE_DIR:ResInsight>), we get a circular dependency.
+//