Qt installation (with vs10)

goetz

bq. MSVCP90D.DLL
MSVCR90D.DLL

It seems that you have installed the Qt version for Visual Studio 2008. Visual Studio 2010 should need MSVCP100D.DLL and MSVCR100.DLL.

Missing IESHIMS.DLL and WER.DLL is not critical. They are not found on my system too.
I don't know about EFSADU.DLL.

jigfjifd

So what exactly do I need to download ?
The problem is that I don't see anything that says explicitly vs2010 on their site.

goetz

There are no prebuilt binaries for VS 2010. You must download the source code and compile the libs yourself.

jigfjifd

oh. And how do I do that ? (is there a site that explains it in detail, or could you, please?)

Is there any chance you could also tell me why this is needed ? I mean, what changes between VS2010 and 2008 that requires this ? My hardware is still the same, so why shouldn't it work?

goetz

You can download the sources from "ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0.zip":ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0.zip

For the compilation and installation follow the instructions "here":http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.7/install-win.html

For the reason why there is no prebuilt version for VS 2010: I think VS2010 is just too new. Supporting a new compiler always takes some time (setting up things, testing, and so on).

The DLLs of the two VS versions are just not compatible. It would go beyond the scope of this post to explain why, Aunt Google will tell you more ;-)

jigfjifd

ok, so I downloaded the .zip and unzipped it in C:\Qt\4.7.0.
I added this path to the path environment variable.
In my situation, do I need to add other things to 'path' ? ("You may also need to ensure that the locations of your compiler and other build tools are listed in the PATH variable. This will depend on your choice of software development environment.")
I don't understand the note below this statement either.

Then I opened a visual studio command prompt. 'configure' doesn't work there.
Should I write nmake right away?

Thanks.

goetz

Normally, configure.exe (with some switches, if needed) works just fine. Did you call it via

@.\configure.exe@
or
@.\configure@

There is a configure (without .exe) which happens to be a unix shell script, and that does not work on windows, of course :-)

Calling nmake without running configure.exe before will not work, as there are no makefiles to use.

jigfjifd

Hello again,
I've tried everything I could think of, including
configure
configure.exe
.\configure
.\configure.exe
configuration.exe
configuration
after or before the 'cd', none of it works.
So do I need to add something else to 'path' ?
Do I have to do something related to this note : "Note: If you don't use the configured shells, which is available in the application menu, in the Open Source Versions of Qt, configure requires that sh.exe is not in the path or that it is run from msys. This also goes for mingw32-make." ?

Thanks

goetz

If you call @configure.exe -help@ there should at least be some output on the shell, regardless of any paths etc.

jigfjifd

No, there's nothing.
it says 'configure.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, an executable program or a file of commands.
I have to type this in the visual studio command prompt, right?
(if I type this in cmd.exe, it gives the same result).

goetz

You must cd into the directory where configure.exe lives or call it via its complete path.

jigfjifd

okay, I've made a search in my computer and it is in
C:\Qt\4.7.0\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0
not in
C:\Qt\4.7.0
sorry. I thought it was a Microsoft windows command or something, so I didn't try to find the executable before.

So what do I need to do now exactly?
You haven't answered me regarding the path variables and the note, both of which are mentionned in the website you gave me.

goetz

I don't know for the note. If you don't have MinGW or a bash or such installed, you probably don't need to take care of it.

I never set a PATH variable when I compiled on Windows. Just start the Visual Studio Command prompt and enter:

@
cd C:\Qt\4.7.0\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0
.\configure.exe
nmake
@

And then have a cup of coffee or better go for lunch or dinner - it takes a looooong time until everything is compiled :-)

jigfjifd

Hello,
so I typed it and here is the result :
@
C:\Qt\4.7.0\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0>configure.exe
Unable to detect the platform from environment. Use -platform command lineargument or set the QMAKES
PEC environment variable and run configure again
See the README file for a list of supported operating systems and compilers.
Usage: (<<followed by hundreds of lines explaining its complicated usage>>)

C:\Qt\4.7.0\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0>@

The default options seem to have failed ("Unable to detect the platform") and the usage of this executable seems quite complicated, so maybe you can help me once more :)

goetz

@.\configure.exe -platform win32-msvc2010 @

jigfjifd

thanks, it's working so far.

goetz

Seems like you started cmd.exe, you must start the Visual Studio Command Prompt (in VS2005/2008 it's somewhere in the Start Menu / All Programs / MS Visual Studio 200x / as far a I remember); you'll have to look around...

jigfjifd

yes you're absolutely right, I noticed a few seconds later and edited my post. Sorry for the stupid question

jigfjifd

so...
the compilation is done (finally!).
What do I have to do now to link the framework to the vs add in, and are there any files that I don't need anymore ?

goetz

The VS addin does work independently from your Qt version. Just run the installer. You then must make your self compiled Qt visible to the plugin, there is an entry in the new Qt menu of Visual Studio - just look around. Some more info on the addin can be found "here":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/vs-add-in-1.0/index.html

Just play around :-)