Qt/Windows & VC++ 2008 Express

In this part I'll show how to build Qt4 with MS Visual C++ 2008 (9.0) Express  ( yes, it out there  ) :

Requirement:

1. MS Visual C++ 2008 (9.0) Express
2. Qt/Windows Open Source Edition (.Zip version )

 

Steps:

• decompress the file to folder of your choose let refer it as QtSourcee.g:
  • C:/QtSource/

Update: From "Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt":

• now execute "configure.exe" , to prepare the source
  • C:/QtSource> configure
     

• now run 'nmake" command , to compile the source ( it will take long time , 1 hour - 4 hours) :
  • C:/QtSource> nmake

 

• At thing point, you have almost everything ready   ,  now have a fun playing with the the  demos  ( QtSource/bin/qtdemo.exe ):
  • C:/QtSource> cd bin
  • C:/QtSource> qtdemo

 

Environment Configuration:

Assumptions:

•  
  • Qt bin folder --> C:/QtSrouce/bin
  • Qt lib folder --> C:/QtSrouce/lib
  • Qt Headers folder --> C:/QtSource/include

System configure:

1. Open My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables

2. Add new variable QTDIR as follows :

   • QTDIR=C:/QtSource

3. Edit PATH variable by appending the  following path:

•  
  • ;%QTDIR%/bin

 

VC++ configure:   (Tool -> Options , in VC++ Directories)

• Show directories for: Include files:  

$(QTDIR)/include

• Show directories for: Library files:

$(QTDIR)/lib

That's all for now 

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COMMENTS

• jaime on on 10.03.2008 at 10:45 PM

  

  hi man! thank u for this post but i still have a problem with:

  3. Edit PATH variable by appending the following path:

  ;%QTDIR%/bin

  i dont get it! what i do in here! then the examples r working good but the compiler dont let me execute couse dont detect the libs and the includes. please a little help i apreciate it too much

• da-crystal on on 10.04.2008 at 4:40 AM

  

  The perpose of step 3 of "System configure", to make QT(dll's) visible to any program that need it.

  I'm assuming you have successfully done the other steps because it important.

  - Now, in the "Environment Variables" window there are two panels one for user variable and other for system.

  - From "System Variables", scroll down, to locate "Path" then double click it or select it then click on "Edit"

  - From "Edit System Variable" window, add ";%QTDIR%/bin" at the end of Variable value. make sure you have done step 2 in "System configure"

  To double check you configuration,in Command Prompt, execute the following command:

  "where QtCore4.dll"

  You should get the full path of "QtCore4.dll" as an answer.

  Note: sometime(never have) you need to restart your PC to get that in effect.

  Also, this may help: www.youtube.com/.../watch

• suresh on on 10.20.2008 at 2:32 PM

  

  A small convenience :

  Make a Qt property sheet and add to Qt related projects.

  Create a file Qt.vsprops and paste following

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>

  <VisualStudioPropertySheet

  ProjectType="Visual C++"

  Version="8.00"

  Name="Qt"

  >

  <Tool

  Name="VCCLCompilerTool"

  AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;$(QTDIR)/include&quot;;&quot;$(QTDIR)/include/QtGui&quot;"

  />

  <Tool

  Name="VCLinkerTool"

  AdditionalDependencies="QtCore4.lib QtGui4.lib"

  AdditionalLibraryDirectories="&quot;$(QTDIR)/lib&quot;"

  />

  <Tool

  Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"

  AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(QTDIR)/include"

  />

  <UserMacro

  Name="QTDIR"

  Value="C:/Qt/4.4.3"

  PerformEnvironmentSet="true"

  />

  </VisualStudioPropertySheet>

  For projects using Qt add above property sheet to project.

  View->Property Manager then add this file.

• jaime on on 10.21.2008 at 3:02 AM

  

  hi i did what u said, but the error that apears when execute an instance says:

  for example for tutorial1 t1.exe

  not can find the component

  not find QtOpenGLd4.dll. reinstall may help to solve the problem

  but i know the installation is fine. couse the qtdemo works, it sopouse that when i build an example in vc++ then i can play a new instance...

  or i have to start the instance from console??

• da-crystal on on 10.21.2008 at 12:40 PM

  

  @suresh: thanks very much, it is a cool and a smart way :D

  BTW, I'm using CMake in all my C++ projects which help in IDE configuration.

  @jaime: I think that happen because you are compiling and linking you code in debug mode where your Qt have been compiled as release. In your case, you might re-compile Qt to generate debug files or re-configure the Debug mode to link to Qt's release one.

  I hope that will solve it. Waiting your feedback ;)

• Seth on on 1.26.2009 at 12:55 PM

  

  Hi, I've followed your tutorial and set everything up as you've stated. In the cmd prompt i can execute "where QtCore4.dll" and get the correct path. When i try and compile a simple test program though,

  #include <QApplication>

  #include <QPushButton>

  int main(int argc, char *argv[])

  {

  QApplication app(argc, argv);

  QPushButton hello("Hello world!");

  hello.show();

  return app.exec();

  }

  this is what it spits out:

  1>------ Build started: Project: Test, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------

  1>Compiling...

  1>Test.cpp

  1>c:/users/seth/documents/visual studio 2008/projects/test/test/test.cpp(1) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'QApplication': No such file or directory

  1>Build log was saved at "file://c:/Users/Seth/Documents/Visual Studio 2008/Projects/Test/Test/Debug/BuildLog.htm"

  1>Test - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

  ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

  not really sure what I'm doing wrong.

• da-crystal on on 1.26.2009 at 3:54 PM

  

  Hi Seth,

  try to change:

  #include <QApplication>

  #include <QPushButton>

  To:

  #include <QtGui/QApplication>

  #include <QtGui/QPushButton>

  Or you can add Qt-modules-include-path to VC++ Environment. To do so,just repeats the steps for configuring "$(QTDIR)/include" to add the following:

  * $(QTDIR)/include/QtCore

  * $(QTDIR)/include/QtGui

  Hopping this will solve yours.

  Regards,

• Seth on on 1.26.2009 at 11:57 PM

  

  Thanks for the quick response, my one error turned into 10...

  it looks like they are all linker errors.

  error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __thiscall QApplication::~QApplication(void)" (__imp_??1QApplication@@UAE@XZ) referenced in function _main

  they all look something like this.

  Thanks again for the help.

• da-crystal on on 1.27.2009 at 8:29 AM

  

  Thats normal :D, you just need to specify Qt's linking libraries(depends on what Qt modules you are using).

  For your earlier code, you need to link to:

  * QtCore4.lib

  * QtGui4.lib

  To do so, from project properties:

  Configuration Properties --> Linker --> Input --> Additional Dependencies --> add "QtCore4.lib QtGui4.lib" to what you have in there

  Anyway, CMake very handy when dealing with Qt configuration specially when using non-default-Qt-modules(other than QtCore & QtGui).

  Regards,

• da-crystal on on 1.27.2009 at 8:33 AM

  

  Btw, have a look to the 3rd comment (by suresh) it a very convenience way to configure you Qt projects.

• Seth on on 1.27.2009 at 10:18 AM

  

  Thanks a million! I finally got it to work.

• Seth on on 1.27.2009 at 10:27 AM

  

  Now, if I could only figure out why on some eclipse with QT installed I get No Binaries problems and in other places with QT installed with eclipse everything runs the way it should, I would be perfect.

• radu on on 2.09.2009 at 12:32 AM

  

  Thanks man! The last one with the linker solved my problems. Thanks a lot!

• Jorge on on 4.30.2009 at 10:38 PM

  

  Hi i'm Jorge

  my application works fine but when i build it, vsc++ 09

  show this warning

  applicationname.exe not found or not built by the last incremental link; performing full link

  qtmaind.lib(qtmain_win.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'vc90.pdb' was not found with 'C:/QT/lib/qtmaind.lib' or at 'c:/Visual Studio 2008/Projects/applicationname/Debug/vc90.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info

  i can't run this .exe in others computers, i need help, thx.

• Bisnis Online Internet on on 5.06.2009 at 12:36 PM

  

  Very useful information, thank

• ricky on on 5.10.2009 at 3:55 AM

  

  thanks for informing

• free ebook on on 5.18.2009 at 8:26 PM

  

  Excellent post thanks for sharing

• Armoric on on 5.22.2009 at 3:11 AM

  

  Hi, and thanks for the very useful infomation.

  I am having the same kind of link errors than Seth (on 8th comment) and though I followed all of the advices given there I keep getting the same 3 links errors :

  1>qtmain.lib(qtmain_win.obj) : error LNK2019: symbole externe non résolu "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __thiscall std::locale::facet::_Register(void)" (__imp_?_Register@facet@locale@std@@QAEXXZ)

  référencé dans la fonction "class std::ctype<char> const & __cdecl std::use_facet<class std::ctype<char> >(class std::locale const &)" (??$use_facet@V?$ctype@D@std@@@std@@YAABV?$ctype@D@0@ABVlocale@0@@Z)

  1>qtmain.lib(qtmain_win.obj) : error LNK2019: symbole externe non résolu "__declspec(dllimport) public: static unsigned int __cdecl std::ctype<char>::_Getcat(class std::locale::facet const * *)" (__imp_?_Getcat@?$ctype@D@std@@SAIPAPBVfacet@locale@2@@Z)

  référencé dans la fonction "class std::ctype<char> const & __cdecl std::use_facet<class std::ctype<char> >(class std::locale const &)" (??$use_facet@V?$ctype@D@std@@@std@@YAABV?$ctype@D@0@ABVlocale@0@@Z)

  1>qtmain.lib(qtmain_win.obj) : error LNK2019: symbole externe non résolu "__declspec(dllimport) public: static unsigned int __cdecl std::ctype<unsigned short>::_Getcat(class std::locale::facet const * *)" (__imp_?_Getcat@?$ctype@G@std@@SAIPAPBVfacet@locale@2@@Z)

  référencé dans la fonction "class std::ctype<unsigned short> const & __cdecl std::use_facet<class std::ctype<unsigned short> >(class std::locale const &)" (??$use_facet@V?$ctype@G@std@@@std@@YAABV?$ctype@G@0@ABVlocale@0@@Z)

  I saw on a forum a guy with the same problem as me, and exactly the same code (ie we just created a new project and tried to compile it without adding anything), he said he resolved his problem the following :

  "got Desktop -> Systray first, compile it without Config += console in the project file and it gives exactly 3 linking errors. When i enable console, its linking ok."

  Well, I'm quite noob at VC/Qt (and C+ as well but this time I didn't code anything) but if I'm not mistaken, project files are .vcproj files, looking a little bit like xml syntax ?

  I'm confused by the advice, not knowing where exactly I should put that "config += console" thing to try it out. Could someone give precise indications ?

• Sulumits Retsambew on on 6.02.2009 at 10:05 PM

  

  thanks for this nice info sir!

• robert on on 6.15.2009 at 2:19 AM

  

  great post, thanks a lot..

• Rusli Zainal Sang Visioner on on 6.15.2009 at 1:53 PM

  

  Very nice discussion, i get a new things from here. thanks a lot.

• Stop Dreaming Start Action on on 6.20.2009 at 10:31 AM

  

  Nice post! very interesting topic. keep on posting.

• Jorge ferrera on on 6.22.2009 at 6:13 PM

  

  Hi,

  I have to put another lib to qt works with me, I put qtmain.lib in "Additional Dependencies" too

  In other words, put

  * QtCore4.lib

  * QtGui4.lib and qtmain.lib, boys ;)

  hugs.

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• online Bachelor Degree on on 7.17.2009 at 12:37 PM

  

  lib to qt works with me, I put qtmain.lib in "Additional Dependencies" too

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