QWebEngine will not work!

[VRonin]

Download and install the MSVC build tools, launch the maintenancetool on your Qt installation and install Qt for MSVC

[James Sprinks]

@VRonin Where do I download the MSVC build tools from (for free...)

[jsulm]

@James-Sprinks @VRonin already posted the link in his first response here

[James Sprinks]

@jsulm Oh yes, sorry!

[James Sprinks]

There doesn't seem to be a QT Maintainance tool on my installation, do I need to install from scratch?

[jsulm]

@James-Sprinks Did you use the offline installer to install Qt?
Using online installer will give you maintenance tool in c:\Qt

[James Sprinks]

@jsulm Online, it has not appeared in my start menu...

[jsulm]

@James-Sprinks Simply use Windows Explorer, go to c:\Qt and start it from there.

[James Sprinks]

@jsulm Found it, it is saying I need one valid and enabled repository for this action to succeed...

[jsulm]

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[jsulm]

@James-Sprinks This is strange, it should actually work. If not you can try this tool to select a repository: https://github.com/JKSH/QtSdkRepoChooser

[James Sprinks]

@jsulm Ok it seems to be updating. Is it possible to change the compiler from MWinGW to MSVC with an existing project?

[jsulm]

@James-Sprinks said in QWebEngine will not work!:

Is it possible to change the compiler from MWinGW to MSVC with an existing project?

Sure. Simply select different Kit in QtCreator.

[James Sprinks]

@jsulm I am getting a ":-1: error: msvc-version.conf loaded but QMAKE_MSC_VER isn't set" error

[James Sprinks]

Ok, this is getting ridiculous. I am starting again from scratch. Can anyone tell me which version of Qt to install, which version of MSVC build tools to install, and how to make this work.

Surely it should be that hard?

J

[VRonin]

"Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017" requires Qt 5.* for MSVC 2017

[James Sprinks]

@VRonin Ok. So can someone tell me how to set this as a comiler for a project - without getting all of the errors I have previously mentioned...

[VRonin]

In Qt Creator go to tools->options->build and run->Kits and make sure there is n MSVC 2017 one with no warning or error icon next to it

Open your project, in the left bar select "Projects", in the build and run section add the MSVC 2017 kit and right-click disable the others

[James Sprinks]

Ok I have that all working byut I still cannot use QWebEngine. I get the warning;

C:\Users\dsg3sprinjc\Documents\DataPull\filedownloader.cpp:2: error: C1083: Cannot open include file: 'WebEngine': No such file or directory

Any ideas?

[VRonin]

Did you tick the webengine addon in maintenancetool?