MSVC2017 compiler "not recognized" inside .pri file.

bwylegly

Im trying to do sort of "clean up" of my solution output. My project consists of 3 sub-projects. Im trying to construct build path of the following pattern:
Operating System > Compiler > Processor
Architecture > Build Configuration.

I have created qmake-target-platform.pri inside my root project directory:

win32 {
    CONFIG += PLATFORM_WIN
    message(PLATFORM_WIN)
    win32-g++ {
        CONFIG += COMPILER_GCC
        message(COMPILER_GCC)
    }
    win32-msvc2017 {
        CONFIG += COMPILER_MSVC2017
        message(COMPILER_MSVC2017)
    }
}

/* Configuration for linux and mac,  target architecture detection and build*/

When switching between debug/release/profile builds with MinGW everything works just fine:

Project MESSAGE: PLATFORM_WIN
Project MESSAGE: COMPILER_GCC
Project MESSAGE: PROCESSOR_x86
Project MESSAGE: BUILD_RELEASE

But when I change compiler to MSVC, it looks like part related to MSVC compiler detection inside .pri file is "false":

Project MESSAGE: PLATFORM_WIN
Project MESSAGE: PROCESSOR_x86
Project MESSAGE: BUILD_DEBUG

Can anybody help me out? Im not that much into messing with compilers, so I don't really have an idea what's going on.

For my project im using Desktop Qt 5.14.2 MinGW 32-bit and Desktop Qt 5.14.2 MSVC2017 32bit

SGaist

Hi,

AFAIR, the selector is win32-msvc.

bwylegly

Hi,
Works as intended, thank you. Is there any qt doc where I can find all of those listed for future needs?

SGaist

AFAIR, they match the mkspecs that you can find in your Qt installation.