[Solved] QtWebEngine module not found on Windows - Chromium does not work with mingw

drewpotter

Hi,

I have downloaded the Windows installer for Qt 5.4 and I made sure that QtWebEngine was selected on the list of options.

However, when I create a new Qt Quick Application using Qt Creator it informs me when I try to use:

WebEngineView

That the QtWebEngine module is not installed. Could anyone please explain to me why this does not work? Have I not installed it properly?

Thanks.

nando76

Hi,

for which Platform did you Compile?
E.g as far as i know winrt has no webengine Support yet..

drewpotter

Hi

It is just Windows 7; 32 Bits

drewpotter

Also, I didn't compile anything AFAIK, the installer just downloaded and installed everything for me.

drewpotter

Is is necessary to compile QtWebEngine on Windows? I installed it using the installer and I don't think anything compiled.

nando76

in qtcreator which kit you selected to build your application?

drewpotter

Hi,

In qtcreator I have Mingw as the kit to build the application.

nando76

i am not sure, but i think qtwebengine stuff is not supported for mingw.
maybe you should consider using microsoft visual studio...

drewpotter

Really? wow that is amazing I didn't realise that Mingw did not work with QtWebEngine. Thanks for letting me know.

drewpotter

Wow. I just found a posting about this:

Qt WebEngine is not available for the MinGW build because Chromium does not support building with MinGW.

JKSH

[quote author="drewpotter" date="1421794364"]Wow. I just found a posting about this:

Qt WebEngine is not available for the MinGW build because Chromium does not support building with MinGW.[/quote]Yes, that is a limitation from the Chromium Project itself. Note that you need MSVC 2013; older versions of MSVC are not supported: http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-instructions-windows