Paths & enviroment settings

[SteveH]

Hi all,

I develop on 4 different computers and my work files start at different paths on each box but follow the same sub directory structure from then on. Due to the piles of programs I keep adding I need some sort of variable that can be set once that points to my work directories.

This is what I have tried at the moment

(at a command prompt)

qmake -set MY_DIR C:\Documents and Settings\User3\My Documents\Qt\Components

(where the path is different for each machine, but only has to be done once on each)

I can then use $$[MY_DIR] in any .pro files to substitute the path for that machine
(note, due to the spaces in the path I have to use another reference in the .pro files like this: MYDIR = "$$[MY_DIR]" and then use $$MYDIR instead)

This still leaves a problem in the program .cpp and .h files since the path is not recognised by the #include <program.h> lines and causes the syntax checker and code completer to fail (setting INCLUDEPATH += $$MYDIR does not help)

Programs will compile with the above setup but I really want the syntax checker and code completer to work.

Can anybody point out the setting I need to do this ?

SteveH

[Lykurg]

It sounds to me that [WIKI]Current working directory[/WIKI] could be of interest (then you have to put the exe "relative" to the working documents). Or simple hard code some paths or routine on where to look for and if they fail to locate the documents provide a settings dialog where one can define the path (QSettings).

[Timoteo]

Why not setup the environment and launch Creator from a batch file? Take a look at LIB and INCLUDE (if you use the visual studio compiler). In Creator goto Projects->Build Settings->Build Environment->Details to see what I mean.