Qt project file .pro

giesbert

You should define a target, eg

@
TARGET = egon
@

I think, otrherwise you exe/dll will have no name which makes no sense.

@
DEPENDPATH += src
ui
INCLUDEPATH
+=
.
src
@

What does the *+= * mean in line 4?

vcsala

It is rather the '' at the end of line 2 (or at line 7 in your original posting) what seems to be a mistake.

giesbert

you mean, he meant:

@
DEPENDPATH += src
ui

INCLUDEPATH += .
src
@

dialingo

What does "I cannot build anything" mean?
what is qmake saying?
what is make saying?

Roy_CT

When I click on build there is nothing active in the menu.

I have just loaded the pro file is this enough

giesbert

Hi Roy_CT,

did you try out what we said?

Roy_CT

Yes . My one thought is it isn't a PRO file. When I try and save it it only gives me an option to save it as a txt file. When I see it in the editor it does not have any highlight colours .

Thanks

florent.revelut

Well, just try to run
@qmake@
in your current folder. Depending on your platform it will create a makefile that you can then try to build using
@make@

(on windows, use qmake -tp vc and then open visual project)
=> if qmake complains, you can post its log here
=> if make complains, you can post its log here

If you work inside QtCreator, can't help you however.

florent.revelut

Note that a .pro IS a simple text file. Extension is just a meaningful way to identify it and syntax highlighting is highly dependant of your editor.
=> If you're on windows, it might be that it has a hidden extension (dor a dir in command line in this folder)
=> you can still build it using qmake by specifying full name : this will try to evaluate toto.txt as a project file.
@qmake toto.txt@

goetz

And please do not write topics in all caps. It's regarded like "shouting loudly" in a real-world conversation (and hard to read anyways). I've fixed it for now.

Also, a more meaningful topic would help too. The one you've chosen is quite general.

Please keep this in mind for future threads. Thanks.

For your problem: look at VCsala's and Gerolfs answers, as well as on florent's, they're right!