QtMetaObject unresolved external Error in Visual Studio 2017 - c++

Question

I'm trying to implement a simple server client application in QT. I'm using Visual Studio 2017.
Here's the Header File to my client class.
#pragma once
#ifndef Client_H
#define Client_H
#include <QTcpSocket>
class Client : public QObject
{ Q_OBJECT
public:
explicit Client (QObject *parent = 0);
void Connect();
signals:
public slots:
private:
QTcpSocket *socket;
};
#endif
and here's the code to Client.cpp
#include "Client.h"
Client::Client(QObject *parent) :
QObject(parent)
{
}
void Client::Connect()
{
socket = new QTcpSocket(this);
socket->connectToHost("192.168.10.10", 8016);
if (socket->waitForConnected(3000))
{
printf("COnnected");
}
else
{
printf("Not Connected");
}
}
as you can see it's pretty simple. In my Main.cpp i create an instance of the client class and then call the function Connect():
Client Test;
Test.Connect();
When building my project i get the following errors
1>Client.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual struct QMetaObject const * __cdecl Client::metaObject(void)const " (?metaObject#Client##UEBAPEBUQMetaObject##XZ)
1>Client.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void * __cdecl Client::qt_metacast(char const *)" (?qt_metacast#Client##UEAAPEAXPEBD#Z)
1>Client.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __cdecl Client::qt_metacall(enum QMetaObject::Call,int,void * *)" (?qt_metacall#Client##UEAAHW4Call#QMetaObject##HPEAPEAX#Z)
I know that this Error means that the functions are declared but the definition is missing. I just don't know where to find these definitions and which file i have to link to get rid of these errors.
Thank you

Answer 1

These files are automatically generated by the moc tool. Did you set it up to run whenever your header file changed? Did you run it manually? If not, consider installing the Qt Visual Studio tools that solve this for you.