I want to use Qt lib but I don't know how to install Visual Studio 2008+Qt+Qtintegration. I have read some forums, that step by step tell what to download, where to download from, and then what to do. But that was for old versions of mentiond products.
I ask to Qt developers tell me the way to install these items on Windows. Any forum or site will be fine.
Thanks.
To get QT working with dev studio you need to install two things.
First, a copy of the QT Visual Studio Libraries.
And the QT Visual Studio Addin.
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/windows-cpp-vs2008
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/visual-studio-add-in
Download the QT sdk, and install it. It usually installs into a folder like
c:\qt\4.6.2
Then, install the visual studio addin. The addin should add (At least) two new things to Visual Sutdio. A new "Qt" project in the Create New Project Wizard, and a Qt menu.
Qt supports building your project against multiple builds of Qt, so the first thing you need to do is go to the Qt menu, and point it to the directory you installed the Qt SDK to. It all went well it should auto populate with c:\qt\4.6.2
Then, use the Wizard to create a new Qt project in Visual Studio.
If you are creating your first Qt project in Visual Studio this way, there is no need to fiddle with .pro files or doing any kind of "stuff" outside Visual Studio to get a project going. The Visual Studio addin sets up the workspace to do all the pre-compiles needed by the Qt build environment.
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Note: The Qt SDK at this URL
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp
comes with the MinGW runtine for GCC, and Qt Creator embedded. This is no good for Visual Studio. This build installs to a folder like
c:\Qt\2010.2
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I am trying to use Qt to make a simple GUI program in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio. It's for a school project, but my professor has given very little guidance on how to get the Qt library working in Visual Studio, and I can't seem to follow the information given on the website. I know it's a big ask, but would anyone be able to walk me through how to get things up and running?
I recently installed and used QT at home using VS19 Community and latest QT Open Source.
The following YouTube video should help you get started.
Configure VS19 to create QT5 Apps
The Summary:
Install QT: Choose advanced, and install the latest version of QT + the support for version of Visual Studio you are using.
Install the "QT Visual Studio Tools" extension via the Visual Studio "Manage Extensions"
After installed, From inside VS, set the QT version under the Extensions-->QT VS Tools-->QT Options.
Create a new project.
-- Search for "QT" as it may not appear in the list.
And you're off.
I'm developing using Qt Creator and Visual Studio. However, if I add a new file to the project through Visual Studio the Qt .pro file is out of sync and does not show the new file. Additionally, if I add a new file via Qt Creator the .vcxproj file doesn't get updated and therefore Visual Studio is out of sync.
I am using Visual Studio on Windows and Qt Creator on Linux.
Is there a proper way to manage this type of situation or is this something I just need to keep updated manually if I want the two project files?
There are a few options:
1) Use only Qt Creator, since it runs on both windows and linux it's an good option.
2) Only use the .pro to add files (options/etc), basically only use qmake build system to modify the anything build related and after each change re-create the VS files by using Open Qt project file (.pro) from Qt menu in Visual Studio.
3) Use a completely different build option that can be used on all the platforms you need, for example cmake is a good option and both Visual Studio and Qt Creator have support for it (i didn't used it, so i don't know how easy it's to setup, but i assume it should be relatively easy).
I know there have been a few questions before regarding this, but not too much up to date.
I am developing a project with Visual Studio 2015 express edition and I wish to add a GUI to my project via QT.
The latest version of QT (5.8.0) has a VS 2015 version, so I assume it is compiled using Visual Studio instead of MinGw.
Sorry if this is a very noob question. I have no experience with QT, but how do I then integrate my QT project into my VS project, do I build the GUI code first in QT?
If I will create a GUI using the .ui file in QT and then generate the source code for this, can I just copy the source code to my VS Project. I assume I have to configure the project file in VS as how will VS know where to find the dlls and header files for QT? Thanks in advance
You need the VS Tools for Qt. They work with >= Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition.
You can get them here and all information about how to use them.
Qt VS Tools integrate the Qt development tools into Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, and later. This enables developers to use the standard Windows development environment without having to worry about Qt-related build steps or tools.
The main features of Qt VS Tools are:
Wizards for creating new Qt projects and classes.
Automated build setup for the Meta-Object Compiler (moc), User Interface Compiler (uic), and Resource Compiler (rcc).
Import and export of Qt project files (.pro) and project include files (.pri).
*Automated conversion of a Qt VS Tools project to a qmake project, or the other way around.
Integrated Qt resource management.
Integrated Qt documentation.
Debugging extensions for Qt data types.
I would like to export my Visual Studio Project to a Qt project.
How to generate a .pro file from a Visual Studio Project? I installed the Qt Add-In but I don't find such option.
With Visual Studio Qt plugin installed (officially named Qt VS Tools, can be downloaded from here), just:
Open your solution.
Select any Qt-based project from your solution (or any file within that project).
Go to menu Qt VS Tools > Create basic .pro File.... If you are using an old version of the plugin, menu may be named Qt5.
Select the projects you want to export. Project tags (.pro options, only in newest plugin versions) are automatically extract from your current project, you can modify them if needed or do it later when the .pro is created.
Run qmake or open it from Qt Creator.
PS: depending on your VS and Qt versions you may need an older version of the plugin. I'm assuming Qt 5 here.
Hope it helps.
I struggled finding a how-to which provides a stable solution for using Qt with Visual Studio 2010, so after collecting all the bits of information and some trial and error, I would like to write my solution into a guide.
The problem, or why is it not possible to use prebuilt binaries?
It seems that using binaries built for Visual Studio 2008 might work in some special cases, but I found them not to work. In my case they compiled OK, but they produce runtime errors, like this:
or when started from Visual Studio 2010:
Update: I found a blog post analysing why does it work for some people, while it does not for others. In one word, it depends on whether you have Visual Studio 2008 installed on the same machine, or not.
http://blog.paulnettleship.com/2010/11/11/troubleshooting-visual-studio-2010-and-qt-4-7-integration/
The most important thing (that I stupidly didn’t realize) was the fact that you CANNOT use the Visual Studio 2008 compiled libraries and dll’s (available on the Qt webpage) if you don’t have Visual Studio 2008 installed. The reason is because the Qt SDK you download is a debug build which is dependant on the VC9.0 DebugCRT, meaning it needs the Visual C++ 2008 Debug Runtime installed, which is NOT available as a redistributable installer. The only way to install the DebugCRT is to install the entirety of Visual Studio 2008.
First of all, it’s very important to understand that for using Qt with Visual Studio 2010, it's not possible to use the pre-built binaries which were made for Visual Studio 2008, but you have to compile it from source.
Downloading Qt
On https://www.qt.io/download/
Update 2017: the latest Qt 4.x branch (Qt 4.8.6) has 2 pre-built packages, which are now in the archive section:
http://download.qt.io/archive/qt/4.8/4.8.6/qt-opensource-windows-x86-vs2010-4.8.6.exe
http://download.qt.io/archive/qt/4.8/4.8.6/qt-opensource-windows-x86-vs2008-4.8.6.exe
You should not download Qt by clicking "Qt libraries 4.8.6 for Windows (Visual Studio 2008, 218 MB)", but by clicking on the "zip" link above it.
On that link, you get a big zip file like "qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.6.zip". Unzip this into a folder and make its path something nice and small, for example "E:\Qt"
Visual Studio Command Prompt
Now that we have the sources, we need to build the binaries. To do it, open the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010\Visual Studio Tools\Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010) link from your start menu, or even pin it to the taskbar (a good idea). This is a special command prompt which has all the variables set for building with Visual Studio 2010 tools.
Once within the command prompt, navigate to your extracted Qt folder using old-school DOS way, which means you have to change drive letter by E:, enter directories by cd Qt and list dir contents by dir. You can use the tab key for helping you with the directory names. When you have arrived at the correct directory, a dir command should return something like this.
Building Qt
Now it’s time for configure and build. For configuring a minimalist Qt, I'm using the following flags with configure.exe. Just copy and paste it into the command line. Look in the Qt reference manual for what flag to use or not to use.
configure.exe -release -no-webkit -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-script -no-scripttools -no-qt3support -no-multimedia -no-ltcg
Once configure.exe has finished (it was 10 minutes for me), you'll need to start the build process. It will take about 20-30 minutes with the above flags. To start it, just type:
nmake
Setting environment variables
Basically, we are done. All you need to do is to set your environment variables (QTDIR and PATH), which tell programs where to find Qt. If you are on Windows 7, you can use the following command to set QTDIR to your installation dir.
setx QTDIR e:\Qt
For setting the PATH, I strongly recommend using Path Editor. Within Path Editor
add the directory of Qt\bin to your PATH
(it doesn't matter if it's in system path or user path)
If you prefer to use Control Panel\System\Environment Variables, then you can set these there, too.
Qt Visual Studio Add-in
Here you go, after a logoff-logon or a restart, all the Qt demo applications should start correctly (I recommend have a look at bin\qtdemo.exe). Now you can download and install the Visual Studio Add-in (qt-vs-addin-1.1.9.exe) from the Qt download page, it will work perfectly.
Appendix A: Official Instructions:
There is a page at the official wiki at the Qt website called Qt 4.8 Installing Qt for Windows, but I found it lacking important information.
References
Qt DevNet forums
Recommended flags for a minimalistic Qt build
Building Qt 4.5 with Visual C++ 2010
How to compile Qt as static
Qt 4.8: Configure options for Qt
Edit the PATH environment variable in
Windows without pain - op111.net
Qt V4.8.0 contains prebuilt binaries for Visual Studio 2010 so you don't need to do this anymore:
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/windows-cpp-vs2010
Refer below link and it might be useful
1)https://www.slicer.org/slicerWiki/index.php/Documentation/Nightly/Developers/Build_Instructions/Prerequisites/Qt#Windows_3
2)http://eecs.vanderbilt.edu/research/hmtl/wp/index.php/qt-vs/