[SOLVED]Qt Creator issue: The .pro file could not be parsed !

mbnoimi

I've created a project with subdirectories as following but it gives me an error message for one of them

core project: "The .pro file could not be parsed"

How can I fix this issue?

------ IbnZuhr.pro ------

@TEMPLATE = subdirs
CONFIG += ordered
SUBDIRS +=
csv
fft
ysom
core \

win32 {
SUBDIRS += qwt
}@

------ core.pro ------

@#-------------------------------------------------

Project created by QtCreator 2012-03-10T23:38:33

#-------------------------------------------------

QT += core gui sql
DESTDIR = ../../bin
TEMPLATE = app
MOC_DIR += moc
OBJECTS_DIR += obj
RCC_DIR += rcc

SOURCES += main.cpp
mainwindow.cpp
aboutdialog.cpp
dialogpersons.cpp
wizardaddreflection.cpp
extractfeatures.cpp

HEADERS += mainwindow.h
aboutdialog.h
dialogpersons.h
wizardaddreflection.h
extractfeatures.h
../fft/fft.h
../fft/complex.h
../ysom/ysom.h
../csv/csv.h \

FORMS += mainwindow.ui
aboutdialog.ui
dialogpersons.ui
wizardaddreflection.ui

INCLUDEPATH += ../ysom
../csv
../fft

TRANSLATIONS += ./l10n/ar.ts
./l10n/en.ts

RESOURCES +=
res.qrc

OTHER_FILES +=
l10n/en.ts
l10n/ar.ts
images/style.css \

win32 {
TARGET = IbnZuhr-win32
HEADERS += ../qwt/src/qwt_wheel.h
../qwt/src/qwt_thermo.h
../qwt/src/qwt_text_label.h
../qwt/src/qwt_text_engine.h
../qwt/src/qwt_text.h
../qwt/src/qwt_system_clock.h
../qwt/src/qwt_symbol.h
../qwt/src/qwt_spline.h
../qwt/src/qwt_slider.h
../qwt/src/qwt_series_data.h
../qwt/src/qwt_scale_widget.h
../qwt/src/qwt_scale_map.h
../qwt/src/qwt_scale_engine.h
../qwt/src/qwt_scale_draw.h
../qwt/src/qwt_scale_div.h
../qwt/src/qwt_sampling_thread.h
../qwt/src/qwt_round_scale_draw.h
../qwt/src/qwt_raster_data.h
../qwt/src/qwt_point_polar.h
../qwt/src/qwt_point_3d.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_zoomer.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_svgitem.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_spectrogram.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_spectrocurve.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_seriesitem.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_scaleitem.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_rescaler.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_renderer.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_rasteritem.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_picker.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_panner.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_marker.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_magnifier.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_layout.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_item.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_intervalcurve.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_histogram.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_grid.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_directpainter.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_dict.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_curve.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot_canvas.h
../qwt/src/qwt_plot.h
../qwt/src/qwt_picker_machine.h
../qwt/src/qwt_picker.h
../qwt/src/qwt_panner.h
../qwt/src/qwt_painter.h
../qwt/src/qwt_null_paintdevice.h
../qwt/src/qwt_matrix_raster_data.h
../qwt/src/qwt_math.h
../qwt/src/qwt_magnifier.h
../qwt/src/qwt_legend_itemmanager.h
../qwt/src/qwt_legend_item.h
../qwt/src/qwt_legend.h
../qwt/src/qwt_knob.h
../qwt/src/qwt_interval_symbol.h
../qwt/src/qwt_interval.h
../qwt/src/qwt_global.h
../qwt/src/qwt_event_pattern.h
../qwt/src/qwt_dyngrid_layout.h
../qwt/src/qwt_double_range.h
../qwt/src/qwt_dial_needle.h
../qwt/src/qwt_dial.h
../qwt/src/qwt_curve_fitter.h
../qwt/src/qwt_counter.h
../qwt/src/qwt_compat.h
../qwt/src/qwt_compass_rose.h
../qwt/src/qwt_compass.h
../qwt/src/qwt_column_symbol.h
../qwt/src/qwt_color_map.h
../qwt/src/qwt_clipper.h
../qwt/src/qwt_arrow_button.h
../qwt/src/qwt_analog_clock.h
../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_slider.h
../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h
../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_scale.h
../qwt/src/qwt.h \

LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-win32.a \
        ../csv/lib/libcsv-win32.a \
        ../fft/lib/libfft-win32.a
        ../qwt/lib/libqwt.a \
        ../qwt/lib/libqwtmathml.a \


INCLUDEPATH += ../qwt/src \

}
unix {
TARGET = IbnZuhr-linux

DEPENDPATH += /usr/lib

INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/qwt \

LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-linux.a \
    ../csv/lib/libcsv-linux.a \
    ../fft/lib/libfft-linux.a \
    /usr/lib/libqwt.so

}
@

mbnoimi

------ csv.pro ------

@#-------------------------------------------------

Project created by QtCreator 2012-03-29T01:01:13

#-------------------------------------------------

#QT -= gui

TEMPLATE = lib
CONFIG += staticlib release
DESTDIR = lib
MOC_DIR += moc
OBJECTS_DIR += obj
RCC_DIR += rcc
win32 {
TARGET = csv-win32
}
unix {
TARGET = csv-linux
}
debug {
CONFIG += console
}

!exists( main.cpp ) {

error( "No main.cpp file found" )

}

SOURCES += csv.cpp
HEADERS += csv.h
@

------ fft.pro ------

@#-------------------------------------------------

Project created by QtCreator 2012-03-30T22:18:46

#-------------------------------------------------

QT -= gui
DESTDIR = lib
TEMPLATE = lib
CONFIG += staticlib release
#TEMPLATE = app
#CONFIG += console
MOC_DIR += moc
OBJECTS_DIR += obj
RCC_DIR += rcc
win32 {
TARGET = fft-win32
}
unix {
TARGET = fft-linux
}
debug {
CONFIG += console
}

!exists( main.cpp ) {

error( "No main.cpp file found" )

}

SOURCES +=
fft.cpp
complex.cpp
main.cpp

HEADERS += fft.h
complex.h
@

------ ysom.pro ------

@QT -= gui
DESTDIR = lib
TEMPLATE = lib
CONFIG += staticlib release
MOC_DIR += moc
OBJECTS_DIR += obj
RCC_DIR += rcc
win32 {
TARGET = ysom-win32
}
unix {
TARGET = ysom-linux
}
debug {
CONFIG += console
}

!exists( main.cpp ) {

error( "No main.cpp file found" )

}

SOURCES +=ysom.cpp
HEADERS += ysom.h@

------ qwt.pro ------

@################################################################

Qwt Widget Library

Copyright (C) 1997 Josef Wilgen

Copyright (C) 2002 Uwe Rathmann

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

modify it under the terms of the Qwt License, Version 1.0

################################################################

include( qwtconfig.pri )

TEMPLATE = subdirs
CONFIG += ordered

SUBDIRS =
src
textengines

contains(QWT_CONFIG, QwtDesigner ) {
SUBDIRS += designer
}

contains(QWT_CONFIG, QwtExamples ) {
SUBDIRS += examples
}

qwtspec.files = qwtconfig.pri qwt.prf
qwtspec.path = $${QWT_INSTALL_FEATURES}

INSTALLS += qwtspec@

goetz

The first step is to determine wich .pro file causes the error.

Open a console, go to the respective subdirectory and call qmake manually. It should print the errors, if there are any. Alternatively, you can open the .pro file in Qt Creator.

Then, after knowing the offending .pro file, you can look what's wrong with that.

mbnoimi

[quote author="Volker" date="1335091843"]after knowing the offending .pro file, you can look what's wrong with that.[/quote]

I mentioned above which .pro has the error (core.pro)

bq. core project: “The .pro file could not be parsed”

goetz

Sorry, I had overlooked that. In that case, have a look at the compiler output pane in Creator if there are some detailed error messages. If not, comment out everything in the .pro file. Then add one line/part after another, rerun qmake and chek if the error returns. You then know the offending part of the file.

mbnoimi

[quote author="Volker" date="1335093648"]Sorry, I had overlooked that. In that case, have a look at the compiler output pane in Creator if there are some detailed error messages. If not, comment out everything in the .pro file. Then add one line/part after another, rerun qmake and chek if the error returns. You then know the offending part of the file.[/quote]

Building process done correctly although error message appears but because of this error auto-completion & run of core.pro don't work correctly.

This issue fixed when I commented win32 blocks in core.pro as following... what's wrong here?

@QT += core gui sql
DESTDIR = ../../bin
TEMPLATE = app
MOC_DIR += moc
OBJECTS_DIR += obj
RCC_DIR += rcc

SOURCES += main.cpp
mainwindow.cpp
aboutdialog.cpp
dialogpersons.cpp
wizardaddreflection.cpp
extractfeatures.cpp

HEADERS += mainwindow.h
aboutdialog.h
dialogpersons.h
wizardaddreflection.h
extractfeatures.h
../fft/fft.h
../fft/complex.h
../ysom/ysom.h
../csv/csv.h \

FORMS += mainwindow.ui
aboutdialog.ui
dialogpersons.ui
wizardaddreflection.ui

INCLUDEPATH += ../ysom
../csv
../fft

TRANSLATIONS += ./l10n/ar.ts
./l10n/en.ts

RESOURCES +=
res.qrc

OTHER_FILES +=
l10n/en.ts
l10n/ar.ts
images/style.css \

#win32 {

TARGET = IbnZuhr-win32

HEADERS += ../qwt/src/qwt_wheel.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_thermo.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_text_label.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_text_engine.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_text.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_system_clock.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_symbol.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_spline.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_slider.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_series_data.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_scale_widget.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_scale_map.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_scale_engine.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_scale_draw.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_scale_div.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_sampling_thread.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_round_scale_draw.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_raster_data.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_point_polar.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_point_3d.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_zoomer.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_svgitem.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_spectrogram.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_spectrocurve.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_seriesitem.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_scaleitem.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_rescaler.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_renderer.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_rasteritem.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_picker.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_panner.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_marker.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_magnifier.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_layout.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_item.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_intervalcurve.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_histogram.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_grid.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_directpainter.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_dict.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_curve.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot_canvas.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_plot.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_picker_machine.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_picker.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_panner.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_painter.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_null_paintdevice.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_matrix_raster_data.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_math.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_magnifier.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_legend_itemmanager.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_legend_item.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_legend.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_knob.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_interval_symbol.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_interval.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_global.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_event_pattern.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_dyngrid_layout.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_double_range.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_dial_needle.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_dial.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_curve_fitter.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_counter.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_compat.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_compass_rose.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_compass.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_column_symbol.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_color_map.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_clipper.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_arrow_button.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_analog_clock.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_slider.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h \

../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_scale.h \

../qwt/src/qwt.h \

LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-win32.a \

../csv/lib/libcsv-win32.a \

../fft/lib/libfft-win32.a \

../qwt/lib/libqwt.a \

../qwt/lib/libqwtmathml.a

INCLUDEPATH += ../qwt/src \

#}
#unix {
TARGET = IbnZuhr-linux

DEPENDPATH += /usr/lib

INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/qwt \

LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-linux.a \
    ../csv/lib/libcsv-linux.a \
    ../fft/lib/libfft-linux.a \
    /usr/lib/libqwt.so

#}
@

mbnoimi

I noticed something strange too in IbnZuhr.pro which is qwt project appears in projects tree although I put it in win32 block!!!

@win32 {
SUBDIRS += qwt
}@

PS
I'm using Linux Mint x64

goetz

maybe it is the trailing backslash on the last line (INCLUDEPATH) in the win32 section...

Try to remove all lines in the win32 section, re-add line for line/section and check if the fault reoccurs.

mbnoimi

Voilà! I found the issue it's in this part of core.pro

@LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-win32.a
../csv/lib/libcsv-win32.a
../fft/lib/libfft-win32.a
../qwt/lib/libqwt.a
../qwt/lib/libqwtmathml.a @

Now the problem solved partially, I still see qwt project appears in projects tree although I'm working under linux and qwt should appears under windows only.

What's wrong in IbnZuhr.pro file?

@TEMPLATE = subdirs
CONFIG += ordered

unix {
SUBDIRS +=
csv
fft
ysom
core
}

win32 {
SUBDIRS +=
csv
fft
ysom
qwt
core
}@

goetz

Seems to be a bug, at least in 2.4.1. I can reproduce the faulty behavior on my installation. I suggest opening an issue at the "public bugtracker":https://bugreports.qt-project.org

mbnoimi

[quote author="Volker" date="1335173131"]Seems to be a bug, at least in 2.4.1. I can reproduce the faulty behavior on my installation. I suggest opening an issue at the "public bugtracker":https://bugreports.qt-project.org[/quote]

Could you please file this bug report instead of me because "stupid bugtracker not working":https://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/15297/ !

goetz

Done. Issue ID is QTCREATORBUG-7339.

goetz

Response from the Creator developers:

bq. That's on purpose

The ticket has been closed as "invalid".

tobias.hunger

I think the idea for not honoring scopes in Qt Creator is that you still should be able to see and edit files, even though they are not built on a platform...

goetz

That makes sense.

As Creator does not build the stuff, but just calls qmake/make on the command line, the correct set of files is used for the build step.