i was having the fatal error u1077 message during the configuration, but i overcame it with your configuration command. now when i try to build a project i get the message that i posted below, but before reading that, you should know that i can build projects from visual studio's comman line using "qmake -o Makefile hello.pro" then i type "nmake". so it's ok if you dont post a solution. here is the error message:

Running build steps for project calculatorbuilder...

Configuration unchanged, skipping QMake step.

Starting: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/nmake.exe

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Debug all

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.762

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.762

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Qt\2009.03\qt\bin\moc.exe -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"..\..\..\include\QtUiTools" -I"..\..\..\include\QtCore" -I"..\..\..\include\QtGui" -I"..\..\..\include\QtXml" -I"..\..\..\include" -I"..\..\..\include\ActiveQt" -I"tmp\moc\debug_shared" -I"..\..\..\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008" -D_MSC_VER=1500 -DWIN32 calculatorform.h -o tmp\moc\debug_shared\moc_calculatorform.cpp

c:\Qt\2009.03\qt\bin\rcc.exe -name calculatorbuilder calculatorbuilder.qrc -o tmp\rcc\debug_shared\qrc_calculatorbuilder.cpp

cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t- -Zi -MDd -GR -EHsc -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"..\..\..\include\QtUiTools" -I"..\..\..\include\QtCore" -I"..\..\..\include\QtGui" -I"..\..\..\include\QtXml" -I"..\..\..\include" -I"..\..\..\include\ActiveQt" -I"tmp\moc\debug_shared" -I"..\..\..\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008" -Fotmp\obj\debug_shared\ @C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\nmD6.tmp

calculatorform.cpp

main.cpp

Generating Code...

cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t- -Zi -MDd -GR -EHsc -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"..\..\..\include\QtUiTools" -I"..\..\..\include\QtCore" -I"..\..\..\include\QtGui" -I"..\..\..\include\QtXml" -I"..\..\..\include" -I"..\..\..\include\ActiveQt" -I"tmp\moc\debug_shared" -I"..\..\..\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008" -Fotmp\obj\debug_shared\ @C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\nmD7.tmp

moc_calculatorform.cpp

cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t- -Zi -MDd -GR -EHsc -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"..\..\..\include\QtUiTools" -I"..\..\..\include\QtCore" -I"..\..\..\include\QtGui" -I"..\..\..\include\QtXml" -I"..\..\..\include" -I"..\..\..\include\ActiveQt" -I"tmp\moc\debug_shared" -I"..\..\..\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008" -Fotmp\obj\debug_shared\ @C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\nmD8.tmp

qrc_calculatorbuilder.cpp

link /LIBPATH:"c:\Qt\2009.03\qt\lib" /LIBPATH:"c:\Qt\2009.03\qt\lib" /NOLOGO /DEBUG /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:"tmp\obj\debug_shared\calculatorbuild er.intermediate.manifest" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS "/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY:type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*' processorArchitecture='*'" /OUT:debug\calculatorbuilder.exe @C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\nmD9.tmp

qtmaind.lib(qtmain_win.obj) : fatal error LNK1103: debugging information corrupt; recompile module

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\link.EXE"' : return code '0x44f'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

Exited with code 2.

Error while building project calculatorbuilder

When executing build step 'Make'