Using a string defined in project(.pro)

evanol

Is there a way to define build/version information in the project file and then use it in your application.

My application uses a version string as "1.23.4567" which i'm defining in my project file and using it to generate an opkg/ipk package (passing it to the CONTROL file).
I want to be able to use the same definition within my C code so that i can use it with qApp->setApplicationVersion()

currently i have the following information in my project(.pro) file

#added versioning information to project
APPLICATION_VERSION="1.23.4567"
DEFINES += APPLICATION_VERSION
VERSION  = $$APPLICATION_VERSION

But when I try to use the define i get the following

qDebug() << "APPLICATION_VERSION :" << QString( APPLICATION_VERSION );
APPLICATION_VERSION : "\u0001"

or

qDebug() << "APPLICATION_VERSION :" <<  APPLICATION_VERSION;
APPLICATION_VERSION : 1

I've also tried

#added versioning information to project
APP_BUILD=4567
APP_MINOR=23
APP_MAJOR=1
DEFINES += APP_MAJOR APP_MINOR APP_BUILD
VERSION  = $$APP_MAJOR"."$$APP_MINOR"."$$APP_BUILD

which results in the following:

qDebug() << "APPLICATION_VERSION :" << APP_MAJOR << "," << APP_MINOR << "," << APP_BUILD;
APPLICATION_VERSION : 1 , 1 , 1

&

qDebug() << "APPLICATION_VERSION :" << QString("%1.%2.%3").arg( APP_MAJOR, 1, 10, QChar('0') )
                                                              .arg( APP_MINOR, 2, 10, QChar('0') )
                                                              .arg( APP_BUILD, 4, 10, QChar('0') );
APPLICATION_VERSION : "1.01.0001"

Is there a way to expose the version information that I've defined in my project file to use within my code?

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Hi! The following thread has the solution: Use qmake variable in cpp file.

SGaist

Hi,

Why not use QCoreApplication::applicationVersion in conjunction with qmake VERSION variable ?

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BTW, with Qbs it's as simple as:

.qbs - file:

cpp.defines: ["Something", "doStuff=1", 'WSS="something with whitespace"']

in C++

#ifdef Something
qDebug() << "Something";
#endif

qDebug() << QString("doStuff: %1").arg(doStuff);
qDebug() << WSS;

evanol

@Wieland Thanks for the reference - that has worked for me.

Also, thanks for the Qbs information - i hadn't seen this before but will look into it

@SGaist - thanks for the info

I had previously tried something similar but I think it may have been the escaping of quotes which caught me out.