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How to run a C++ code in Qt?

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  • kshegunovK kshegunov

    @Rela
    It must have taken you ages to delete those names ... Anyway, to use ostream, istream and other streams from the standard C++ library, you actually need to include the corresponding headers - stdio.h simply won't cut it. You need (depending on which classes you use) one of the *stream headers, e.g. #include <iostream>, #include <fstream> and so on. Additionally, these classes come in the std namespace so you'd need to expand that as well, for example.

    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    // Only now the istream and ostream classes are available.
    

    Kind regards.

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    wrote on last edited by Rela
    #107

    @kshegunov
    There are

    using namespace std;
    #include <iostream>
    #include <fstream>
    #include <ostream>
    

    in the "main.cpp" already. I added ```

    #include <stdio.h>
    

    in each file, but it gave the same error.

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    • RelaR Rela

      @kshegunov
      There are

      using namespace std;
      #include <iostream>
      #include <fstream>
      #include <ostream>
      

      in the "main.cpp" already. I added ```

      #include <stdio.h>
      

      in each file, but it gave the same error.

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      wrote on last edited by kshegunov
      #108

      @Rela said:

      There are ... in the "main.cpp" already.

      But obviously these headers are not present in mainwindow.h, whence the compile errors. The compiler doesn't know heck about ostream when processing the mainwindow.h and it's whining ...

      Kind regards.

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      • kshegunovK kshegunov

        @Rela said:

        There are ... in the "main.cpp" already.

        But obviously these headers are not present in mainwindow.h, whence the compile errors. The compiler doesn't know heck about ostream when processing the mainwindow.h and it's whining ...

        Kind regards.

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        wrote on last edited by
        #109

        @kshegunov
        Thanks. Do you know what else I can do except adding ```

        #include <stdio.h>
        

        to the "mainwindow.h"?

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        • RelaR Rela

          @kshegunov
          Thanks. Do you know what else I can do except adding ```

          #include <stdio.h>
          

          to the "mainwindow.h"?

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          wrote on last edited by
          #110

          @Rela

          Add the aforementioned headers to the mainwindow.h:

          #include <iostream>
          #include <fstream>
          #include <ostream>
          
          using namespace std;
          

          Otherwise the compiler will not know what ostream is.

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          • kshegunovK kshegunov

            @Rela

            Add the aforementioned headers to the mainwindow.h:

            #include <iostream>
            #include <fstream>
            #include <ostream>
            
            using namespace std;
            

            Otherwise the compiler will not know what ostream is.

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            wrote on last edited by
            #111

            @kshegunov
            Done, but here are the errors cleaned again ;)

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            • RelaR Rela

              @kshegunov
              Done, but here are the errors cleaned again ;)

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              kshegunov
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              wrote on last edited by
              #112

              @Rela
              I'm sorry but I have no idea what's happening, with the deletions and without a complete code snippet this is just turning into a guessing game. Not to mention the preprocessor directives, whose expansions I have no way of deducing. The errors have obviously changed and they are at compile-time, so focus on that and try to resolve the type mismatches.

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              • kshegunovK kshegunov

                @Rela
                I'm sorry but I have no idea what's happening, with the deletions and without a complete code snippet this is just turning into a guessing game. Not to mention the preprocessor directives, whose expansions I have no way of deducing. The errors have obviously changed and they are at compile-time, so focus on that and try to resolve the type mismatches.

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                #113

                @kshegunov
                The problem is not related to the code. The C++ code works properly in MV and also it worked in Qt creator before and gave the results in "Application Outputs" with Qt5.5 and MV 2013. The problem happened, when I start working with MV 2015 and Qt5.6 beta.
                I just did the previous way and added all C++ files to the Qt project files. Do you have any idea about the ```

                error: dependent '..\C++' does not exist.
                
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                • RelaR Rela

                  @kshegunov
                  The problem is not related to the code. The C++ code works properly in MV and also it worked in Qt creator before and gave the results in "Application Outputs" with Qt5.5 and MV 2013. The problem happened, when I start working with MV 2015 and Qt5.6 beta.
                  I just did the previous way and added all C++ files to the Qt project files. Do you have any idea about the ```

                  error: dependent '..\C++' does not exist.
                  
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #114

                  @Rela
                  I have never seen that error, but if I had to guess probably a folder can't be found by qmake. Inspect your project file, and make sure all folders/files exist. Then rerun qmake and then do a full rebuild. Additionally, don't use backslashes for your paths when working with qmake, use *nix-style paths, for example: C:/somefolder/somefile.cpp

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                    SGaist
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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #115

                    Do you have something containing "C++" anywhere in your .pro file ?

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                    • SGaistS SGaist

                      Do you have something containing "C++" anywhere in your .pro file ?

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                      #116

                      @SGaist
                      Yes, I had something like this in PS8, because I added the C++ project header and source files through the "../C++ projects/po... /" path. But, now I removed the space of "C++ projects" (because maybe it makes problem), and changed the path withoutspace. PS10 Qt project .pro file is this
                      Now the error is this

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                        jsulm
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                        #117

                        What is char.h?

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                        • jsulmJ jsulm

                          What is char.h?

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                          wrote on last edited by Rela
                          #118

                          @jsulm
                          It was

                          #include <tchar.h>
                          

                          in the C++ code, but it had given the errors like

                          'void PS... (char *)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'const char [37]' to 'char *'
                          

                          and I changed it to "char".
                          I think its related to the main function in "main.cpp"

                          int main(int argc, char* argv[])
                          {
                          
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                            jsulm
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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #119

                            How is it related to main?
                            char is a native data type in C and C++, you do not have to include any header file to use it. So just remove this include.
                            This error:

                            'void PS... (char *)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'const char [37]' to 'char *'
                            

                            You got probably because you're passing a const char string as parameter to a function which expects a non const char string:

                            void PS... (char *param);
                            then you call
                            PS...("a string");
                            

                            Do it like this:

                            char *param = "a string";
                            PS...(param);
                            

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                            • RelaR Rela

                              @jsulm
                              It was

                              #include <tchar.h>
                              

                              in the C++ code, but it had given the errors like

                              'void PS... (char *)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'const char [37]' to 'char *'
                              

                              and I changed it to "char".
                              I think its related to the main function in "main.cpp"

                              int main(int argc, char* argv[])
                              {
                              
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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #120

                              @Rela

                              'void PS... (char *)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'const char [37]' to 'char *'

                              The error is because you're passing const char * const to a function expecting char * and the compiler doesn't know how to (safely) convert the argument. My advice is: rework your function to accept non-mutable arguments if possible, if not - fix the type mismatch. @jsulm already pointed out that you shouldn't include headers you're not going to need, unless massive compilation times is something you're after.

                              Kind regards.

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                                wrote on last edited by Rela
                                #121

                                Hi, the previous error was solved. I wanted to have a C++ code results in widget. For reminding in brief, I created a Qt widget project, and I added the C++ code including header and source files to the project. I copied the main.cpp C++ codes in the Qt main.cpp file.

                                The error was ```

                                void PS... (char *)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'const char [37]' to 'char *
                                

                                I changed the definition of the function:

                                void PS... (char *_sth)
                                

                                to

                                void PS... (const char *_sth) 
                                

                                and it doesn't give the error. But, now I want to have some values as result in Application Output , but instead of the non-zero values, they are all zero.
                                The input data are read from a model.txt file. The path of the text file was also added in the "project" > run of "Desktop Qt 5.6 MSVC2015 64 bit" > "Arguments". Do you know if it is related to the reading input data or not?

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                                • jsulmJ Offline
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                                  jsulm
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                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #122

                                  How do you read model.txt file?
                                  Is this file found?
                                  Do you have any errors while reading it?
                                  Why don't just debug and see what happens?

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                                  • jsulmJ jsulm

                                    How do you read model.txt file?
                                    Is this file found?
                                    Do you have any errors while reading it?
                                    Why don't just debug and see what happens?

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                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #123

                                    @jsulm
                                    In the code, it read using ```

                                    bool ReadModelData(istream &in, functionname &_PS) ...
                                    ...
                                    ReadModelData (fin,s)
                                    ...
                                    

                                    The path of the text file was added in the "project" > run of "Desktop Qt 5.6 MSVC2015 64 bit" > "Arguments". File path
                                    When I debug it just show in the Application output:

                                    Debugging starts
                                    Debugging has finished
                                    

                                    and when run the code the results are cpu=0 z=0 ... while they should be some non-zero.

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