Using Qmake without Qt ?

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19th August 2008, 18:02
griffin2000

Using Qmake without Qt ?

Hi there. I've been looking around for a build tool that can generate both Xcode and visual studio projects from a makefile. The only one I've found is qmake (I am correct that qmake does this, aren't I ?)

But we have no requirement for using the Qt framework at all, we would need to generate projects that do not include Qt in any form. Is this doable ? Can you use qmake as a stand alone build tool without using Qt ?

Thanks
19th August 2008, 18:15
jpn

Re: Using Qmake without Qt ?
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Originally Posted by griffin2000

Hi there. I've been looking around for a build tool that can generate both Xcode and visual studio projects from a makefile. The only one I've found is qmake (I am correct that qmake does this, aren't I ?)

Hi. That's not exactly correct. qmake generates makefiles or vs/xcode project files from cross-platform qmake project (.pro) files, not from makefiles.

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But we have no requirement for using the Qt framework at all, we would need to generate projects that do not include Qt in any form. Is this doable ? Can you use qmake as a stand alone build tool without using Qt ?

Yes, it's fairly possible. I'm also using qmake for "plain C++ projects". Adding
Code:

CONFIG -= qt
to the project file makes qmake not to add any include paths or linking rules related to Qt.
19th August 2008, 18:27
griffin2000

Re: Using Qmake without Qt ?

Thats great, thanks for the info.

Does anyone know what the commercial pricing for Qt is ? I can see a demo download page, but not a price anywhere.
19th August 2008, 20:06
wysota

Re: Using Qmake without Qt ?

The price depends on the licence you want to have. The simplest one (one platform, console edition) is about 1500 EUR, as far as I remember (I might be wrong though). If you are only after qmake, maybe you can use the open source edition? Or maybe you should even use cmake instead of qmake.