My problem is similar to this [link](http://answers.ros.org/question/102661/custom-service-with-custom-message/), however, I do understand how to use messages within the same package. My problem focuses on how to include a message from a separate package. I have created a package with some "CustomMessage" that pulls from other packages and their messages. These messages may be from a common package within my system, or a simple message type within geometry_msgs.
I have tried including the required dependencies in the CMakeLists.txt and Package.xml files, but for the code to work I have to include the package name in the variable type call. For example:
common_package/Variable variable_text
If the package name is not included, I get something like:
Could not find messages which
'../CustomMessage.msg'
depends on. Did you forget to specify generate_messages(DEPENDENCIES ...)?
Cannot locate message [PoseArray] in package [mission_control]
Is this the only way to include a custom message from another package, or is there a better way? During my search, I found one other solution that followed this train of though at this [link](http://answers.ros.org/question/64553/how-do-you-locate-message-source-files-based-on-a-package-name-in-catkin/). However, I was under the assumption that by correctly setting the CMakeLists.txt and Package.xml file correctly, it would understand the pathing.
For those who will ask, below is the CMakeLists.txt file:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(mission_control)
find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
project_common
roscpp
rospy
geometry_msgs
std_msgs
message_generation
)
add_message_files(
FILES
CustomMessage1.msg
CustomMessage2.msg
)
generate_messages(
DEPENDENCIES
geometry_msgs
std_msgs
project_common
)
catkin_package(
# INCLUDE_DIRS include
# LIBRARIES mission_control
CATKIN_DEPENDS message_runtime project_common geometry_msgs std_msgs
# DEPENDS system_lib
)
include_directories(
${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
)
Thanks for the help!
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