Compilation of QT Property Browser

**stefanadelbert** · 29th March 2010, 00:58

I managed to get QtPropertyBrowser building, but I had to manually edit the "Generated Files" section of the vcproj file that was created by the Qt VS plugin to remove a bogus "Debug" filter and add a build directive for "qteditfactory.moc".

I added the following to buildlib.vcproj:

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<File
				RelativePath="debug\qteditorfactory.moc"
				>
				<FileConfiguration
					Name="Debug|Win32"
					>
					<Tool
						Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
						Description="MOC ..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp"
						CommandLine="Rem IncrediBuild_AllowRemote&#x0D;&#x0A;Rem IncrediBuild_OutputFile debugqteditorfactory.moc&#x0D;&#x0A;&quot;$(QTDIR)\bin\moc.exe&quot;   -D_WINDOWS -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_QTPROPERTYBROWSER_EXPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_WINDLL  -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\QtCore\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\QtGui\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\.&quot; -I&quot;.\..\src\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\ActiveQt\.&quot; -I&quot;.\debug\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008\.&quot; &quot;..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp&quot; -o &quot;debug\qteditorfactory.moc&quot;&#x0D;&#x0A;"
						AdditionalDependencies="..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp;Rem"
						Outputs="debug\qteditorfactory.moc"
					/>
				</FileConfiguration>
				<FileConfiguration
					Name="Release|Win32"
					>
					<Tool
						Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
						Description="MOC ..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp"
						CommandLine="Rem IncrediBuild_AllowRemote&#x0D;&#x0A;Rem IncrediBuild_OutputFile releaseqteditorfactory.moc&#x0D;&#x0A;&quot;$(QTDIR)\bin\moc.exe&quot;   -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -D_WINDOWS -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_QTPROPERTYBROWSER_IMPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL  -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\QtCore\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\QtGui\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\.&quot; -I&quot;.\..\src\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\ActiveQt\.&quot; -I&quot;.\release\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008\.&quot; &quot;..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp&quot; -o &quot;release\qteditorfactory.moc&quot;&#x0D;&#x0A;"
						AdditionalDependencies="..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp;Rem"
						Outputs="release\qteditorfactory.moc"
					/>
				</FileConfiguration>
			</File>

<File
				RelativePath="debug\qteditorfactory.moc"
				>
				<FileConfiguration
					Name="Debug|Win32"
					>
					<Tool
						Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
						Description="MOC ..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp"
						CommandLine="Rem IncrediBuild_AllowRemote&#x0D;&#x0A;Rem IncrediBuild_OutputFile debugqteditorfactory.moc&#x0D;&#x0A;&quot;$(QTDIR)\bin\moc.exe&quot;   -D_WINDOWS -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_QTPROPERTYBROWSER_EXPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_WINDLL  -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\QtCore\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\QtGui\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\.&quot; -I&quot;.\..\src\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\ActiveQt\.&quot; -I&quot;.\debug\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008\.&quot; &quot;..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp&quot; -o &quot;debug\qteditorfactory.moc&quot;&#x0D;&#x0A;"
						AdditionalDependencies="..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp;Rem"
						Outputs="debug\qteditorfactory.moc"
					/>
				</FileConfiguration>
				<FileConfiguration
					Name="Release|Win32"
					>
					<Tool
						Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
						Description="MOC ..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp"
						CommandLine="Rem IncrediBuild_AllowRemote&#x0D;&#x0A;Rem IncrediBuild_OutputFile releaseqteditorfactory.moc&#x0D;&#x0A;&quot;$(QTDIR)\bin\moc.exe&quot;   -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -D_WINDOWS -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_QTPROPERTYBROWSER_IMPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL  -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\QtCore\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\QtGui\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\.&quot; -I&quot;.\..\src\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\include\ActiveQt\.&quot; -I&quot;.\release\.&quot; -I&quot;$(QTDIR)\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008\.&quot; &quot;..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp&quot; -o &quot;release\qteditorfactory.moc&quot;&#x0D;&#x0A;"
						AdditionalDependencies="..\src\qteditorfactory.cpp;Rem"
						Outputs="release\qteditorfactory.moc"
					/>
				</FileConfiguration>
			</File>

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I am now able to get a debug and release build of QtPropertyBrowser 2.5.1 using Qt 4.6.2 on Window 7. I believe that the problem here is a bug with the Qt VS plugin. Anyone care to comment on that?

**stefanadelbert** · 28th July 2010, 23:39

I use static versions of this QtPropertyBrowser library because I get linker errors when attempting to use DLL's - something about staticMetaObject.

These are the steps that I follow on Windows 7, Visual Studio 2008, Qt 4.6.3:

Unpack the Files from the archive (qtpropertybrowser-2.5_1-opensource.zip)
Change to the qtpropertybrowser-2.5_1-opensource directory
Run the configure script (configure.bat): configure -library
Run qmake: $(QTDIR)\bin.qmake.exe
Manually run moc.exe on:
1. qteditorfactory.h
2. qtpropertymanager.h
3. qttreebrowser.h
Copy moc files to intermediate directories (Debug, Release)
Open qtpropertybrowser.pro with Visual Studio Qt plugin
Change the Configuration Type for both Debug and Release to Static Library (.lib)
Change the Output Directory and the Intermediate Directory to $(ConfigurationName)
For Release and Debug modes, change QT_QTPROPERTYBROWSER_IMPORT to QT_QTPROPERTYBROWSER_EXPORT for C++ >> Preprocessor >> Preprocessor Definitions
Remove Post-Build Event which will attempt to copy a .dll to $(QTDIR)\bin
Build Debug and Release libraries

Once the libraries have been built they will be located at ...\qtpropertybrowser-2.5_1-opensource\buildlib\[Debug\Release]. Other libraries that link against them should refer to them there.

With this set of steps I don't get any of the compiler or linker errors mentioned above.