The process "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" exited with code 1. Error while building/deploying project "projectName" (kit: Desktop Qt 6.0.3 MSVC2019 64bit) When executing step "Build"

[lutfia95]

Hi all,

I have this issue since yesterday, I tried everything and checked every issue in the Qt Forum but nothing helped to solve this error!

So this problem is occurs ONLY when I use:
target_link_libraries (projectName Qt6::Widgets)

All other projects are working with the same settings! I tried to reopen/update Qt Creator but not helped....

This is my configuration:

Qt 6.0.3 MSVC2019 64bit
CMake 3.19.4
No Qml is used only CMake...

Thx!

[jsulm]

@lutfia95 Please search for the actual error (compiler or linker error) and post it. What you posted is just a follow up from CMake.

[lutfia95]

This is the complete massage that I got:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.17763.0\um\fileapi.h(1069,1): message : see declaration of 'RemoveDirectoryW' [C:\projectName\build\main\projectName.vcxproj]
Generating Code...
23:12:44: The process "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" exited with code 1.
Error while building/deploying project projectName(kit: Desktop Qt 6.0.3 MSVC2019 64bit)
When executing step "Build"

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PS: the same application (projectName) is running on linux error free.

[jsulm]

@lutfia95 said in The process "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" exited with code 1. Error while building/deploying project "projectName" (kit: Desktop Qt 6.0.3 MSVC2019 64bit) When executing step "Build":

This is the complete massage that I got

Are you sure? It does not look like complete error message.

[lutfia95]

The other errors are from my tool, so the tool is running without target_link_libraries (projectName Qt6::Widgets) error free. And when I link Qt the errors occur. Only on Windows 10. I can run my tool on Ubuntu 20 with QtCreator without any errors!
I don't think that the tool's errors will help but here are they:

C:\projectName\build\seqan\seqan2\seqan2-src\include\seqan/basic/debug_test_system.h(790,35): message : Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast [C:\projectName\build\main\projectName.vcxproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.17763.0\um\fileapi.h(146,1): message : see declaration of 'DeleteFileW' [C:\projectName\build\main\projectName.vcxproj]
C:\projectName\build\seqan\seqan2\seqan2-src\include\seqan/basic/debug_test_system.h(796,8): error C2664: 'BOOL RemoveDirectoryW(LPCWSTR)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'const _Elem *' to 'LPCWSTR' [C:\projectName\build\main\projectName.vcxproj]
with
[
_Elem=char
]
C:\projectName\build\seqan\seqan2\seqan2-src\include\seqan/basic/debug_test_system.h(796,44): message : Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast [C:\projectName\build\main\projectName.vcxproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.17763.0\um\fileapi.h(1069,1): message : see declaration of 'RemoveDirectoryW' [C:\projectName\build\main\projectName.vcxproj]
13:41:41: The process "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" exited with code 1.
Error while building/deploying project projectName(kit: Desktop Qt 6.0.3 MSVC2019 64bit)
When executing step "Build"

[jsulm]

@lutfia95 said in The process "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" exited with code 1. Error while building/deploying project "projectName" (kit: Desktop Qt 6.0.3 MSVC2019 64bit) When executing step "Build":

C:\projectName\build\seqan\seqan2\seqan2-src\include\seqan/basic/debug_test_system.h(796,8): error C2664: 'BOOL RemoveDirectoryW(LPCWSTR)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'const _Elem *' to 'LPCWSTR' [C:\projectName\build\main\projectName.vcxproj]
with
[
_Elem=char
]

This seems to be the error failing your build. You should check debug_test_system.h line 796.

[lutfia95]

@jsulm said in The process "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" exited with code 1. Error while building/deploying project "projectName" (kit: Desktop Qt 6.0.3 MSVC2019 64bit) When executing step "Build":

ebug_test_system.h line 796

Do you have any Idea, why this error only occur when I add target_link_libraries (projectName Qt6::Widgets)? And on Linux error free?

[jsulm]

@lutfia95 BOOL RemoveDirectoryW(LPCWSTR) - this is Windows API I guess which is not used on Linux.

[lutfia95]

I am trying to fix this error! I am not sure if I understand the reason well! Because without adding any Qt libs no error occurs..... I will try to find it out.

[lutfia95]

Using Qt 5.15.0 MSVC2019 64bit solved the problem, so as I was using seqAn2 libs, that couldn't worked with Qt6 and also because of some windows libs....