project with a dll and a testprog (doesn't compile)

[fullmetalcoder]

can't you send us the very last lines of compilation output? Those which would inform us of the linking process... If I remember well, under Windows, a missing symbol (e.g. a function defined but not implemented) can prevent the import library from being created...

[aMan]

compiling, compiling blabla...
        cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -GS -O2 -MD -DNDEBUG -GR -EHsc -W3 -DUNICODE -DQT_L
ARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DWIN32 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
-DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_OPENGL_LIB -DQT_GUI
_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I"c:\qt\include\QtCore" -I"c:\qt\include\QtCore" -I"c:\qt\in
clude\QtGui" -I"c:\qt\include\QtGui" -I"c:\qt\include\QtOpenGL" -I"c:\qt\include
\QtOpenGL" -I"c:\qt\include\QtXml" -I"c:\qt\include\QtXml" -I"c:\qt\include" -I"
c:\qt\include\ActiveQt" -I"release" -I"." -I"c:\qt\mkspecs\win32-msvc2005" -Fore
lease\ @C:\DOKUME~1\damdam\LOKALE~1\Temp\nm2.tmp
moc_widget.cpp
moc_layout.cpp
moc_glwidget.cpp
moc_graphicsobject.cpp
Code is getting generated... //orig german: Code wird generiert..
        link /LIBPATH:"c:\qt\lib" /NOLOGO /DLL /MANIFESTFILE:"release\calina.int
ermediate.manifest" /incremental:no /OUT:"..\bin\calina.dll" @C:\DOKUME~1\damdam
\LOKALE~1\Temp\nm3.tmp
        mt.exe -nologo -manifest "release\calina.intermediate.manifest" -outputr
esource:..\bin\calina.dll;2

compiling, compiling blabla...
        cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -GS -O2 -MD -DNDEBUG -GR -EHsc -W3 -DUNICODE -DQT_L
ARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DWIN32 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
-DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_OPENGL_LIB -DQT_GUI
_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I"c:\qt\include\QtCore" -I"c:\qt\include\QtCore" -I"c:\qt\in
clude\QtGui" -I"c:\qt\include\QtGui" -I"c:\qt\include\QtOpenGL" -I"c:\qt\include
\QtOpenGL" -I"c:\qt\include\QtXml" -I"c:\qt\include\QtXml" -I"c:\qt\include" -I"
c:\qt\include\ActiveQt" -I"release" -I"." -I"c:\qt\mkspecs\win32-msvc2005" -Fore
lease\ @C:\DOKUME~1\damdam\LOKALE~1\Temp\nm2.tmp
moc_widget.cpp
moc_layout.cpp
moc_glwidget.cpp
moc_graphicsobject.cpp
Code is getting generated... //orig german: Code wird generiert..
        link /LIBPATH:"c:\qt\lib" /NOLOGO /DLL /MANIFESTFILE:"release\calina.int
ermediate.manifest" /incremental:no /OUT:"..\bin\calina.dll" @C:\DOKUME~1\damdam
\LOKALE~1\Temp\nm3.tmp
        mt.exe -nologo -manifest "release\calina.intermediate.manifest" -outputr
esource:..\bin\calina.dll;2

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There are some warnings because of converting double to float, but i don't think that should make any difference..

[marcel]

C:\environments\tests\libtest>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.10.3077
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

nmake -f Makefile.Debug

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.10.3077
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

cl -c -nologo -Zm300 -Zi -MDd -GR -EHsc -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -DUNICODE -D
WIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUP
PORT -I"..\..\..\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtCore" -I"..\..\..\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtC
ore" -I"..\..\..\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtGui" -I"..\..\..\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtGu
i" -I"..\..\..\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include" -I"." -I"..\..\..\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\Active
Qt" -I"debug" -I"." -I"..\..\..\Qt\4.3.0rc1\mkspecs\default" -Fodebug\ @D:\DOCUM
E~1\Marcel\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm76E.tmp
libtest.cpp
libtest.cpp(4) : warning C4273: 'libtest::libtest' : inconsistent dll linkage
libtest.cpp(9) : warning C4273: 'libtest::~libtest' : inconsistent dll linkage
link /LIBPATH:"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\lib" /NOLOGO /DEBUG /DLL /OUT:debug\libtes
t.dll @D:\DOCUME~1\Marcel\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm76F.tmp
Creating library debug\libtest.lib and object debug\libtest.exp

C:\environments\tests\libtest>

################################################## ####################
# Automatically generated by qmake (2.01a) Tue Jul 24 22:10:16 2007
################################################## ####################

TEMPLATE = lib
TARGET =
DEPENDPATH += .
INCLUDEPATH += .

# Input
HEADERS += libtest.h libtest_global.h
SOURCES += libtest.cpp

That is what you should get.

Regards

[aMan]

I now have nearly the same pro file (only some more headers and sources), I have even dropped the double->floats and the opengl support.

But the lib files are still not generating..


Edit: I now see, that there is a difference. I have VS 8 (2005, no sp1) and you 7 (afaik 2003). Is that importand?

[marcel]

Can you post the code for the library?

The problem must lie there.

Regards

[aMan]

here you are..
and thanks for looking into it..

[marcel]

Yes. You didn't export anything for the library so the linker didn't need to create a lib.
You have to add Q_DECL_EXPORT to every class you want to export.
Something like:

//==========================================================//
//                                                          //
//   Diplomprojekt Calina (platformuebergreifende 3d GUI)   //
//                                                          //
//==========================================================//
// Autoren: Adam Celarek (diplom_arbeit at xibo at)         //
//           Patrick Freninger ()                           //
//           Sebastian Raggl ()                             //
//==========================================================//
 
/***************************************************************************
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
 *                                                                         *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
 *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
 *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
 *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef CALINAGLWIDGET_H
#define CALINAGLWIDGET_H
 
#include <QGLWidget>
#include "helper.h"
 
namespace calina {
 
/**
 * @brief
 *
 *
 *
 * @author Adam Celarek <testman@xibo.at>
 * @todo Dokumentation von da Klassn.. Wegn Prototyp deadline keine Zeit..
 */
 
class World;
 
class [B]Q_DECL_EXPORT[/B] GLWidget : public QGLWidget {
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    GLWidget(WidgetList& widgetList, QObject *parent = 0);
    ~GLWidget();
 
    void initializeGL();
    void resizeGL(int w, int h);
    void paintGL();
    World* parentWorld() const;
 
private:
    WidgetList& p_widgetList;
};
 
}
 
#endif

//==========================================================//
//                                                          //
//   Diplomprojekt Calina (platformuebergreifende 3d GUI)   //
//                                                          //
//==========================================================//
// Autoren: Adam Celarek (diplom_arbeit at xibo at)         //
//           Patrick Freninger ()                           //
//           Sebastian Raggl ()                             //
//==========================================================//

/***************************************************************************
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
 *                                                                         *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
 *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
 *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
 *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef CALINAGLWIDGET_H
#define CALINAGLWIDGET_H

#include <QGLWidget>
#include "helper.h"

namespace calina {

/**
 * @brief
 *
 *
 *
 * @author Adam Celarek <testman@xibo.at>
 * @todo Dokumentation von da Klassn.. Wegn Prototyp deadline keine Zeit..
 */

class World;

class [B]Q_DECL_EXPORT[/B] GLWidget : public QGLWidget {
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    GLWidget(WidgetList& widgetList, QObject *parent = 0);
    ~GLWidget();

    void initializeGL();
    void resizeGL(int w, int h);
    void paintGL();
    World* parentWorld() const;

private:
    WidgetList& p_widgetList;
};

}

#endif

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I added them and got:

Generating Code...
cl -c -nologo -Zm300 -Zi -MDd -GR -EHsc -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -DUNICODE -D
WIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_OPENGL_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB
-DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtCore" -I"c:\Qt\4.3
.0rc1\include\QtCore" -I"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtGui" -I"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include
\QtGui" -I"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtOpenGL" -I"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtOpenGL"
-I"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtXml" -I"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\QtXml" -I"c:\Qt\4.3.0
rc1\include" -I"." -I"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\include\ActiveQt" -I"debug" -I"." -I"c:\Qt\
4.3.0rc1\mkspecs\default" -Fodebug\ @D:\DOCUME~1\Marcel\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm783.tmp
moc_glwidget.cpp
moc_graphicsobject.cpp
moc_layout.cpp
moc_widget.cpp
Generating Code...
link /LIBPATH:"c:\Qt\4.3.0rc1\lib" /NOLOGO /DEBUG /DLL /OUT:debug\calina
.dll @D:\DOCUME~1\Marcel\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm784.tmp
Creating library debug\calina.lib and object debug\calina.exp

D:\Documents and Settings\Marcel\Desktop\calina\calina\calina>

[fullmetalcoder]

Yes. You didn't export anything for the library so the linker didn't need to create a lib.
You have to add Q_DECL_EXPORT to every class you want to export.

Nice catch! however the solution isn't that simple... If Q_DECL_EXPORT is put then the linking of any prog against that lib will most probably fail... Either you already have a kind of config header file which is included by all other headers or you got to create one. Then place something like this in it :

#ifdef _CALINA_LIB_BUILD_
    #if defined(QT_DLL) || defined(QT_SHARED)
         #define CALINA_EXPORT Q_DECL_EXPORT
    #else
        #define CALINA_EXPORT
    #endif
#else
    #define CALINA_EXPORT Q_DECL_IMPORT
#endif

#ifdef _CALINA_LIB_BUILD_
    #if defined(QT_DLL) || defined(QT_SHARED)
         #define CALINA_EXPORT Q_DECL_EXPORT
    #else
        #define CALINA_EXPORT
    #endif
#else
    #define CALINA_EXPORT Q_DECL_IMPORT
#endif

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Then place "DEFINES += CALINA_LIB_BUILD" inside the project file of the dll.
And finally update all headers of the dll, as suggested by marcel but using CALINA_EXPORT instead of Q_DECL_EXPORT...

[marcel]

It's even simpler, but I skipped this part because I figured he will always build the library alone, so only Q_DECL_EXPORT will be needed.
Just add this to a header and include it in all the exported classes headers:

#ifndef CALINA_GLOBAL_H
#define CALINA_GLOBAL_H
 
#include <Qt/qglobal.h>
 
#ifdef CALINA_LIB
# define CALINA_EXPORT Q_DECL_EXPORT
#else
# define CALINA_EXPORT Q_DECL_IMPORT
#endif
 
#endif // CALINA_GLOBAL_H

#ifndef CALINA_GLOBAL_H
#define CALINA_GLOBAL_H

#include <Qt/qglobal.h>

#ifdef CALINA_LIB
# define CALINA_EXPORT Q_DECL_EXPORT
#else
# define CALINA_EXPORT Q_DECL_IMPORT
#endif

#endif // CALINA_GLOBAL_H

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You will have to prepend CALINA_EXPORT instead of Q_DECL_EXPORT.
Also you have to add CALINA_LIB to the list of preprocessor definitions each time you want to build the lib.

Regards

[fullmetalcoder]

It's even simpler, but I skipped this part because I figured he will always build the library alone, so only Q_DECL_EXPORT will be needed.
Just add this to a header and include it in all the exported classes headers:

I don't recommend making it that simple because in case someone wants to embed the lib in another program (not link) then he will face weird linking errors (either he put the CALINA_BUILD and he is supposed to export symbols but how does an app achieve that? or he forget it and the linker search for exported symbols in an import library that of course does not exist...

[marcel]

Yes, you have your point too.
I guess he will use whatever he needs from what we've posted, since everything is pretty much covered.

Regards

[aMan]

Thank you for your answers, I'll try it tomorrow..

I suppose that macro is only needed on windows and vs, right? I had no problems on Linux or on MinGW. How does this work with the gcc, why vs needs the macros and gcc not?