Qt configuration for beginners

[wysota]

I noticed when I try to open a command prompt via Qt it cannot find 'qtvars.bat'

The "command prompt" comes from mingw binary installation of Qt. If you compile from sources you won't have it. If you need and want it, you have to be sure qtvars.bat is in your %PATH%.

I'm on vista, but I don't think thats suppose to make a difference.

No, you're facing a compiler issue here.

I'd advise removing all Qt installations from your machine (use uninstallers where possible), rebooting the machine, downloading a clean Qt source bundle and going through the tutorial again. The bundles are tested before being released, so if you get any message about missing files, it means it is some build problem and not an error in source code.

[Dino]

Well figured it out, I downloaded the incorrect patch. Have to make sure I downloaded the exact patch for the version of Qt i downloaded. In my case it was 4.2.3. And I origionally downloaded the 4.3.x patch. I noticed a few of the patching operations failed, I should have paid closer attention to the patching process in the first place.

Thanks for the help.