Help requested to get an old Qt Project up and running
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Hello.
I require some help. It will probably require a bit of back and forth if I am lucky enough to get one of you kind people assisting.
I have some old source code that I need to refer to and get up and running.
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with Qt and only used it briefly for this project back in 2016/17.
I have plugged away trying to get things figured out for myself. I have installed an archived version of Qt Creator - qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015_64-5.7.0.exe - which was the version required at the time.
When I load the Project's CMakeLists.txt file, under Projects - Build & Run, I can see that there are "No build settings available" under any of the 3 kits it thinks that it has.
A google doesn't throw up much for 'Qt "No build settings available" '. so I am a bit stuck.
I am hoping that with the right questions and me providing any information requested that I can get up and running.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Hello.
I require some help. It will probably require a bit of back and forth if I am lucky enough to get one of you kind people assisting.
I have some old source code that I need to refer to and get up and running.
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with Qt and only used it briefly for this project back in 2016/17.
I have plugged away trying to get things figured out for myself. I have installed an archived version of Qt Creator - qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015_64-5.7.0.exe - which was the version required at the time.
When I load the Project's CMakeLists.txt file, under Projects - Build & Run, I can see that there are "No build settings available" under any of the 3 kits it thinks that it has.
A google doesn't throw up much for 'Qt "No build settings available" '. so I am a bit stuck.
I am hoping that with the right questions and me providing any information requested that I can get up and running.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi and welcome to devnet,
Might be a silly question but did you install any Qt version along with Qt Creator ?
That said, since you were already on Qt 5, you should be able to build your application with the latest Qt 5.15 and a more recent version of Visual Studio as well.
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Hi and welcome to devnet,
Might be a silly question but did you install any Qt version along with Qt Creator ?
That said, since you were already on Qt 5, you should be able to build your application with the latest Qt 5.15 and a more recent version of Visual Studio as well.
Thank you SGaist.
No it is not a silly question! Especially, as I am thinking "what?!?". I assumed Qt was installed automatically - but I'm guessing from your reply that it is not. I can't find a 5.7, so I will look into using the nearest to it. When I get it working, I'll also look into upgrading to the latest versions if possible.
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Thank you SGaist.
No it is not a silly question! Especially, as I am thinking "what?!?". I assumed Qt was installed automatically - but I'm guessing from your reply that it is not. I can't find a 5.7, so I will look into using the nearest to it. When I get it working, I'll also look into upgrading to the latest versions if possible.
So, I was looking where to save the Qt installer on my PC. Found a logical place, and all the installers from the time were there :-). I also had had the sense at the time to list a full set of instructions to get up and running. It works now. I don't know what the actual issue was, but these were the extra steps.
Install CMake and Install the Windows 10 SDK. Nothing about a standalone Qt.
Strangely, just after compiling the whole PC froze! And all the Qt stuff was in a Virtual Machine. This is worrying as it should only affect the VM. I'll try again when I am not running anything on the main PC.
I think this particular issue is solved though.
Thanks for listening!
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