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  • J JoeCFD
    13 Apr 2023, 15:09

    @Kevin470 try to find the qrc_resources.cpp file under Build Dir. Open it in an editor and scroll all way to the bottom. You will be able to see the right path of linux.png. Use that path in your qml code.

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    Kevin470
    wrote on 17 Apr 2023, 06:13 last edited by
    #3

    @JoeCFD Thank you so much for responding. The build directory does not have the qrc_resources.cpp file that you meant. These are all the cpp files generated after building the project.
    27ad36ec-ae1d-4af3-b37f-4b01e3991d6f-image.png

    Is there something else that I could be doing wrong? The project has successfully included the qrc file to be seen and interacted with on Qt Creator. But after build and run, it is disregarded.

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    • K Kevin470
      17 Apr 2023, 06:13

      @JoeCFD Thank you so much for responding. The build directory does not have the qrc_resources.cpp file that you meant. These are all the cpp files generated after building the project.
      27ad36ec-ae1d-4af3-b37f-4b01e3991d6f-image.png

      Is there something else that I could be doing wrong? The project has successfully included the qrc file to be seen and interacted with on Qt Creator. But after build and run, it is disregarded.

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      JoeCFD
      wrote on 17 Apr 2023, 14:08 last edited by
      #4

      @Kevin470 can you show your resources.qrc for your images files here?

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      • J JoeCFD
        17 Apr 2023, 14:08

        @Kevin470 can you show your resources.qrc for your images files here?

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        Kevin470
        wrote on 18 Apr 2023, 05:33 last edited by
        #5

        @JoeCFD
        This is the directory in which the resource.qrc file is present. I hope this is what you mentioned

        786d0664-9f4b-403e-929a-e02fc63957c1-image.png

        <RCC>
            <qresource prefix="/images">
                <file>linux.png</file>
            </qresource>
        </RCC>
        
        
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          JohnKS
          wrote on 18 Apr 2023, 23:08 last edited by JohnKS
          #6

          Was facing the same problem too, i found out that i need to add

          set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
          

          to the cmake file and it's working now.
          Try adding it this may be the answer to your problem

          Edit : make sure to add this line before the

          qt_add_executable(appqml_testing
              main.cpp
              qml/resources/resource.qrc
          )
          

          line

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          • K Kevin470 has marked this topic as solved on 19 Apr 2023, 05:17
          • J JohnKS
            18 Apr 2023, 23:08

            Was facing the same problem too, i found out that i need to add

            set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
            

            to the cmake file and it's working now.
            Try adding it this may be the answer to your problem

            Edit : make sure to add this line before the

            qt_add_executable(appqml_testing
                main.cpp
                qml/resources/resource.qrc
            )
            

            line

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            Kevin470
            wrote on 19 Apr 2023, 05:26 last edited by
            #7

            @JohnKS This works. Thank you so much.

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            • K Kevin470
              13 Apr 2023, 08:05

              Hello,
              I believe I have asked this question under the wrong "General and Desktop" topic last time - https://forum.qt.io/topic/144329/qml-image-cannot-open-cmake-qrc

              This should have been the topic under which I should have asked it.

              I have learnt a bit of Qt Core and Qt Widgets and worked out a few small projects with them. I am starting to learn QML and most of the tutorials out there (including KDAB in YouTube) show compiling and building using .pro files.
              I have Qt 6.5 and Qt Creator 10.0 installed at the moment and I would like to learn it using CMake.

              I have the same problem as this person here on Stack Overflow - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71011319/image-not-displaying-qt6-c-cmake

              I added an image file to a .qrc resource file and I am trying to display that image. Every time the project runs, I get this message qrc:/qml_testing/qml/Main.qml:10:5: QML Image: Cannot open: qrc:/images/linux.png. The QML Debugger Console is empty.

              CMakeLists.txt file:

              cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
              
              project(qml_testing VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
              
              set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
              
              find_package(Qt6 6.4 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Quick)
              
              qt_standard_project_setup()
              
              qt_add_executable(appqml_testing
                  main.cpp
                  qml/resources/resource.qrc
              )
              
              qt_add_qml_module(appqml_testing
                  URI qml_testing
                  VERSION 1.0
                  QML_FILES qml/Main.qml
              )
              
              set_target_properties(appqml_testing PROPERTIES
                  MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER my.example.com
                  MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
                  MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
                  MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
                  WIN32_EXECUTABLE TRUE
              )
              
              target_link_libraries(appqml_testing
                  PRIVATE Qt6::Quick
              )
              
              install(TARGETS appqml_testing
                  BUNDLE DESTINATION .
                  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
              

              main.cpp file:

              #include <QGuiApplication>
              #include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
              
              
              int main(int argc, char *argv[])
              {
                  QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
              
                  QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
                  const QUrl url(u"qrc:/qml_testing/qml/Main.qml"_qs);
                  QObject::connect(&engine, &QQmlApplicationEngine::objectCreationFailed,
                      &app, []() { QCoreApplication::exit(-1); },
                      Qt::QueuedConnection);
                  engine.load(url);
              
                  return app.exec();
              }
              

              Main.qml file:

              import QtQuick
              import QtQuick.Window
              
              Window {
                  width: 640
                  height: 480
                  visible: true
                  title: qsTr("Hello World")
              
                  Image {
                      id: image
                      source: "qrc:/images/linux.png"
                      anchors.centerIn: parent
                  }
              }
              

              P.S - I enabled the QmlDesigner plugin and tried to drag and drop an image on the screen and select the source from the resource. The Designer shows the image on the display, but when the project is run, the screen is empty.

              My directory structure looks like this:
              dea0544d-25aa-4410-bb81-74084bd96497-image.png

              Thank you so much in advance.

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              ajaxqt
              wrote on 26 May 2023, 02:45 last edited by
              #8

              @Kevin470 think you!it also works with me.

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              • J JohnKS
                18 Apr 2023, 23:08

                Was facing the same problem too, i found out that i need to add

                set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
                

                to the cmake file and it's working now.
                Try adding it this may be the answer to your problem

                Edit : make sure to add this line before the

                qt_add_executable(appqml_testing
                    main.cpp
                    qml/resources/resource.qrc
                )
                

                line

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                Colins2
                wrote on 2 Jun 2023, 11:17 last edited by
                #9

                @JohnKS said in QML Image: Cannot open - CMake qrc:

                set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)

                I found that if I add the line "qml/resources/resource.qrc" where you suggest I get a compile error.
                I simply added resource.qrc to the modules section like this:
                qt_add_qml_module(appBasicElementsDemoImage
                URI BasicElementsDemoImage
                VERSION 1.0
                QML_FILES Main.qml resource.qrc

                Adding the set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON) worked just fine.

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                • C Colins2
                  2 Jun 2023, 11:17

                  @JohnKS said in QML Image: Cannot open - CMake qrc:

                  set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)

                  I found that if I add the line "qml/resources/resource.qrc" where you suggest I get a compile error.
                  I simply added resource.qrc to the modules section like this:
                  qt_add_qml_module(appBasicElementsDemoImage
                  URI BasicElementsDemoImage
                  VERSION 1.0
                  QML_FILES Main.qml resource.qrc

                  Adding the set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON) worked just fine.

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                  Colins2
                  wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 05:20 last edited by Colins2 6 Mar 2023, 05:21
                  #10

                  @Colins2 It is maybe also worth noting that in the CMakelists template for a Qt Widgets application, i.e. a C++ app, the set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON) statement is present by default.
                  I have now added this to my QtQuick template to avoid future problems.

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                    leo738
                    wrote on 21 Jun 2023, 20:35 last edited by leo738
                    #11

                    This post seem to work for me:

                    https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/cmake-build-qml-application.html

                    I didn't need to add

                    set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
                    

                    Relevant part of CMakeLists.txt:

                    qt_add_qml_module(appqmlDemo
                        URI qmlDemo
                        VERSION 1.0
                        QML_FILES
                            Main.qml
                        RESOURCES
                            images/menu_24px.png
                    )
                    

                    My project structure:

                    ├── CMakeLists.txt
                    ├── CMakeLists.txt.user
                    ├── images
                    │   └── menu_24px.png
                    ├── main.cpp
                    ├── Main.qml
                    

                    I used the image in the qml file as:

                    ToolButton {
                                id: menuButton
                                anchors.left: parent.left
                                anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                                icon.source: "images/menu_24px.png"
                                onClicked: drawer.open()
                            }
                    
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                    • L leo738
                      21 Jun 2023, 20:35

                      This post seem to work for me:

                      https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/cmake-build-qml-application.html

                      I didn't need to add

                      set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
                      

                      Relevant part of CMakeLists.txt:

                      qt_add_qml_module(appqmlDemo
                          URI qmlDemo
                          VERSION 1.0
                          QML_FILES
                              Main.qml
                          RESOURCES
                              images/menu_24px.png
                      )
                      

                      My project structure:

                      ├── CMakeLists.txt
                      ├── CMakeLists.txt.user
                      ├── images
                      │   └── menu_24px.png
                      ├── main.cpp
                      ├── Main.qml
                      

                      I used the image in the qml file as:

                      ToolButton {
                                  id: menuButton
                                  anchors.left: parent.left
                                  anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                                  icon.source: "images/menu_24px.png"
                                  onClicked: drawer.open()
                              }
                      
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                      Eddy
                      wrote on 26 Apr 2024, 11:27 last edited by Eddy
                      #12

                      @leo738
                      Thx
                      Still works for Qt6.6.1 and Qt Creator 12.0.0

                      Qt Certified Specialist
                      www.edalsolutions.be

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                      • J JohnKS
                        18 Apr 2023, 23:08

                        Was facing the same problem too, i found out that i need to add

                        set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
                        

                        to the cmake file and it's working now.
                        Try adding it this may be the answer to your problem

                        Edit : make sure to add this line before the

                        qt_add_executable(appqml_testing
                            main.cpp
                            qml/resources/resource.qrc
                        )
                        

                        line

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                        fixgoats
                        wrote on 22 Sept 2024, 03:25 last edited by
                        #13

                        @JohnKS Wow, I just spent like an hour trying to figure this out and copying detailed tutorials verbatim to try and get it working and it's this non-default flag that apparently doesn't always need to be set seeing as it doesn't appear anywhere in Qt's examples. It would be really helpful if this was mentioned more prominently somewhere.

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