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    How to import c++ dll into the qt project

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      How to import c++ dll into the qt project

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      @hancan007 Which build system are you using, qmake or cmake?

      https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-project-qmake-libraries.html

      It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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          https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-project-qmake-libraries.html

          Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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            should i choose internal lib. Because I want to add ".dll" but qt is looking for my additions as ".lib"

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              How to import c++ dll into the qt project

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              @hancan007 being sure that the external library is compiled accordingly just add external dynamic library, remember to set INCLUDENPATH in the pro file and #include the header file where appropriate in your code.

              If Qt is offering you lib file then most likely you are looking for the static one.

              For more information please re-read.

              Kind Regards,
              Artur

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                should i choose internal lib. Because I want to add ".dll" but qt is looking for my additions as ".lib"

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                @hancan007 said in C ++ dll import qt project:

                should i choose internal lib.

                Choose "Internal Library" if the library is part of your project.

                Choose "External Library" if the library is outside your project.

                I want to add ".dll" but qt is looking for my additions as ".lib"

                Usually a DLL comes with a .lib file and a .h file.

                If you don't have a .lib file -- where did you get this DLL from?

                Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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                  i have a .h file, but qt is looking for .lib instead of using .h

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                    i have a .h file, but qt is looking for .lib instead of using .h

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                    @hancan007

                    Hi
                    The .h defines what can be called and classes
                    The LIB file tells what DLL has exported
                    The DLL contains the actual code.

                    So it can't just use the H.
                    It needs all of it to work.

                    And most important the DLL must be made with a compatible compiler to what your app is using.

                    So if made with visual studio, you cannot use MinGW and reverse.

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                      I found the .lib file how should I add it to my project

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                        I found the .lib file how should I add it to my project

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                        @hancan007
                        Since there is a dll, i think its dynamic

                        So points to the LIB file and see. it should tell it to load the DLL at run time.

                        but this only works if same compilers.

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                          I found the .lib file how should I add it to my project

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                          @hancan007 said in C ++ dll import qt project:

                          I found the .lib file how should I add it to my project

                          Earlier you said 'I want to add ".dll" but qt is looking for my additions as ".lib"'. So tell Qt Creator where to find your .lib file.

                          Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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