Using QDesigner Plugin

[fakefish]

Hi,

I am using Qt 4.5.1. I built my widget and made it accessible from Designer.
In a new project I can open UI and put my widget in it with the Designer. But the project do not compile. After puttion mywidget.h file in QTDIR/inc it compiles but does not link to mywidget.dll.
I have put my dll to bin folder of Qt and my project. Can anyone tell me how I can use my widget as it is a part of QT.

Happy QTing,

P.S. I am using Visual Studio 2005

[wysota]

The Designer plugin only makes it possible to see and manipulate the widget from Designer. It has no relation to projects that use this widget. You need to link your project against the code of the widget (e.g. you can just add the widget's source files to the project).

[jlemaitre]

The Designer plugin only makes it possible to see and manipulate the widget from Designer. It has no relation to projects that use this widget.

Then why does my application (using a custom plugin in the Designer) need the plugin's DLL at runtime? The application has been linked against the plugin's static lib -- I thought it would prevent the need of the DLL at runtime, the DLL would be used only by the Designer.

[wysota]

Then why does my application (using a custom plugin in the Designer) need the plugin's DLL at runtime? The application has been linked against the plugin's static lib -- I thought it would prevent the need of the DLL at runtime, the DLL would be used only by the Designer.

I don't know what you linked against but if the plugin is required then it means your application is missing the code of the widget in question.