Qt program terminates upon link to a static library.

musimbate

Hello ,
I am trying to link against a static library to run an examples and make sure it works before I invest more into it .It compiles without problem but when run the program terminates with a console message " Press <RETURN > to close this window" .

My minimal .pro file looks like this
@

LIBS += -L$$PWD/libraries/lib/ -llibzinnia
INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/libraries/include
DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/libraries/include

@

and my main function like this
@

#include <iostream>
#include "zinnia.h"

int main()

{

zinnia::Recognizer *recognizer = zinnia::Recognizer::create();
std::cout<<"TEST IF THE PROGRAM GETS HERE"<<std::endl;
.............

return 0;
}

@

The program exists as soon as I call something from the library.(even the test line is not printed out).The same thing happened to me a few days ago with another library so I think I am doing something wrong linking against libraries here.Or might this have something to do with the system that compiled the libraries?

I am working on windows7 Qt 4.8.1 Creator 2.7.1 and msvc2010.I tried on my other setup with msvc2008 and hit the same issue.

Any help would be appreciated.Thanks.

mcosta

Hi,

can you post come slice of code?

DerManu

Did you compile the static library with different flags or even a different compiler?
Your application and the static library must be binary compatible.

musimbate

Thanks guys for the answers,

here is the complete .pro file

@

TEMPLATE = app
CONFIG += console
CONFIG -= app_bundle
CONFIG -= qt

LIBS +=-L$$PWD/libraries/lib/ -llibzinnia
INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/libraries/include
DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/libraries/include

SOURCES += main.cpp

HEADERS +=
libraries/include/zinnia.h

@

and here is my main.cpp file

@

#include <iostream>
#include "zinnia.h"

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
zinnia::Recognizer *recognizer = zinnia::Recognizer::create();
if (!recognizer->open("/usr/local/lib/zinnia/model/tomoe/handwriting-ja.model")) {
std::cerr << recognizer->what() << std::endl;
return -1;
}

zinnia::Character *character = zinnia::Character::create();
character->clear();
character->set_width(300);
character->set_height(300);
character->add(0, 51, 29);
character->add(0, 117, 41);
character->add(1, 99, 65);
character->add(1, 219, 77);
character->add(2, 27, 131);
character->add(2, 261, 131);
character->add(3, 129, 17);
character->add(3, 57, 203);
character->add(4, 111, 71);
character->add(4, 219, 173);
character->add(5, 81, 161);
character->add(5, 93, 281);
character->add(6, 99, 167);
character->add(6, 207, 167);
character->add(6, 189, 245);
character->add(7, 99, 227);
character->add(7, 189, 227);
character->add(8, 111, 257);
character->add(8, 189, 245);

zinnia::Result *result = recognizer->classify(*character, 10);
if (!result) {
std::cerr << recognizer->what() << std::endl;
return -1;
}
for (size_t i = 0; i < result->size(); ++i) {
std::cout << result->value(i) << "\t" << result->score(i) << std::endl;
}
delete result;

delete character;
delete recognizer;

return 0;
}

@

I did not build the static lib myself,I got it from this "engine":http://zinnia.sourceforge.net/ that I am trying to use into my application.
[quote author="DerManu" date="1372752311"]Did you compile the static library with different flags or even a different compiler?
Your application and the static library must be binary compatible.[/quote]
Unfortunately I can't know yet which compiling env was used to build the lib.Does this mean it can only be used with the same environment it was built with?
Thanks.

DerManu

[quote author="musimbate" date="1372753233"]Unfortunately I can't know yet which compiling env was used to build the lib.Does this mean it can only be used with the same environment it was built with?[/quote]

Yes, the restriction of binary compatibility can easily be broken, e.g. by "using a different compiler or even compiler version":http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Interoperability_of_Libraries_Created_by_Different_Compiler_Brands.

Shared libraries are a bit less restrictive in that respect.

musimbate

Thanks again DerManu for the input.
I know it was built with msvc because it has a .lib extension.I thought you meant which version of msvc(my bad).
But it should work across all msvc compilers right?I mean I have been compiling applications that used static libs and so far they have worked on 2008 and 2010.

Edit: after reading your doc thoroughly,I know that even different versions can cause problems.I look into this.