QSvgRenderer undefined reference

[TheJim01]

Hello,

I'm using Qt Creator on Windows XP to write a custom widget, and am having a frustrating problem. I am using (at least trying to use) QSvgRenderer to draw an SVG from a file onto a QPixmap. I then intend to perform manipulations on the QPixmap, and draw it to a custom widget.

I've tried and tried, but no matter what I do, I get errors of varying kinds. I think I have it stripped down to the basics of what should work:

QPixmap myClass::createPixmap()
{
    QSvgRenderer renderer;
    renderer.load(imagePath); // imagePath is a private data member
    QPixmap myPixmap(width(), height());
    QPainter myPainter(&myPixmap);
    renderer.render(&myPainter);
    return myPixmap;
    //In my drawing function, I use a QPainter attached to the widget to draw the QPixmap onto the widget.
}

QPixmap myClass::createPixmap()
{
    QSvgRenderer renderer;
    renderer.load(imagePath); // imagePath is a private data member
    QPixmap myPixmap(width(), height());
    QPainter myPainter(&myPixmap);
    renderer.render(&myPainter);
    return myPixmap;
    //In my drawing function, I use a QPainter attached to the widget to draw the QPixmap onto the widget.
}

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Compiling results in a list of errors like:

undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRendererC1EP7QObject'
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRenderer4loadERK7QString'
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRenderer6renderEP8QPainter'
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRendererD1Ev'
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRendererD1Ev'

undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRendererC1EP7QObject'
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRenderer4loadERK7QString'
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRenderer6renderEP8QPainter'
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRendererD1Ev'
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN12QSvgRendererD1Ev'

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Am I using the QSvgRenderer incorrectly? I included it as:

#include <QtSvg/QSvgRenderer>

#include <QtSvg/QSvgRenderer>

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because it would complain it couldn't find the files for "<QSvg>" or "<QSvgRenderer>". In an additional quirk, the compile would throw a "file not found" error on the include line if I typed the include by hand, but if I used the "intelisense"-like drop-down menu, it wouldn't complain about the include. But that may be another issue entirely.

I'm sure there's a simple solution which is blocked by my inexperience with Qt. Any ideas?

[bender86]

Add QT += svg in your .pro file.

[norobro]

Link to instructions in the Qt docs.

EDIT: Beat me to it bender. Had the post open in a tab and missed your post.

[TheJim01]

Ah, I must be blind. I was looking so much into the module's components, I completely missed its proper usage. Thanks to both of you!