Compiling Qt Application with source code (no .pro file)

The Times

@jsulm Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, I don't have the pro file available, what can I do in this case?

jsulm

@The-Times Please read once more what I wrote

The Times

@jsulm Ohh sorry, I didn't fully read your sentence first time.. Thanks for taking the time to reply, will be trying this soon :)

SGaist

Hi,

Another solution is to call "qmake -project" in the folder where these files are. It will build a basic .pro file based on these files. You will have to adjust some stuff like the modules to use.

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@jsulm Thanks, I managed to create the .pro file and import it to VS. However when I build the solution, I get this error :
" Error 1 error MSB3073: The command ""D:\CHAI3D\Qt\5.5\msvc2013_64\bin\rcc.exe" --list "....\CHAI3D" > "x64\Debug\rcc_list.txt" 2> nul" exited with code 1. C:\Users\Krystal\AppData\Local\QtMsBuild\qtrcc.targets 74 5 MyGui"

Do you have any idea on how I could go on about resolving it?

The Times

@SGaist Thanks for the reply! I believe I have successfully created the .pro file but when I try to compile the solution in VS studio, I get the following error:

error MSB3073: The command ""D:\CHAI3D\Qt\5.5\msvc2013_64\bin\rcc.exe" --list "....\CHAI3D" > "x64\Debug\rcc_list.txt" 2> nul" exited with code 1. C:\Users\krystal\AppData\Local\QtMsBuild\qtrcc.targets 74 5 MyGui

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

jsulm

@The-Times Can you build a simple Qt app created via the app template, or a Qt example app?

The Times

@jsulm Yes, I can build a simple Qt app, it runs as expected

jsulm

@The-Times Can you post your pro file?

The Times

@jsulm Do you mean this?

#-------------------------------------------------
#
# Project created by QtCreator 2021-02-10T10:04:29
#
#-------------------------------------------------

QT       += core gui

greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

TARGET = MyGui
TEMPLATE = app


SOURCES += main.cpp\
   ModelDemo.cpp \
   ModelWidget.cpp

HEADERS  += \
   ui_modeldemo.h \
   ui_ModelWidget.h

FORMS    += \
   ../../CHAI3D Application/Qt Program/external/ModelDemo.ui \
   ../../CHAI3D Application/Qt Program/external/ModelDemo.ui \
   ../../CHAI3D Application/Qt Program/external/ModelDemo.ui \
   ModelDemo.ui

RESOURCES += \
   ../../CHAI3D Application/Qt Program/external/ModelDemo.qrc \
   ModelDemo.qrc

DISTFILES += \
   ../../external/CHAI3D/CHAI3D-VS2013.vcxproj

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@jsulm I just don't even know what to try to do to resolve this error:

"error MSB3073: The command ""D:\CHAI3D\Qt\5.5\msvc2013_64\bin\rcc.exe" --list "....\CHAI3D" > "x64\Debug\rcc_list.txt" 2> nul" exited with code 1. C:\Users\krystal\AppData\Local\QtMsBuild\qtrcc.targets 74 5 MyGui"

jsulm

@The-Times I'm wondering why most of your files are two levels above the pro file (../../*), but ModelDemo.qrc is not? Same for ModelDemo.ui.
Why don't you put the pro file into CHAI3D Application/Qt Program/external? Everything belonging to a project should be in same folder, else it's a mess.

The Times

@jsulm Really, thanks for your help. I reordered the files and made sure to organize everything, and understood why the error was occurring. Now I am getting other different errors and this is starting to feel like a never-ending cycle

The Times

@jsulm Hi! It's me again :). Ahh finally, I just compiled it successfully! I couldn't have done it without you!

jsulm

@The-Times Happy coding!