Unable to add file to project

john-arvid

Hi,

I just started with Qt creator.

I have created a project, not written any code, just trying to add a ui file from the Qt designer.

When I try to add a new or an existing file I loose my main.py file. The only file left is main.pyproject and this is shown in the General Messages.

Running Windows Runtime device detection.
C:/Qt/5.12.3/winrt_armv7_msvc2015/bin/winrtrunner.exe --list-devices
Running Windows Runtime device detection.
C:/Qt/5.12.3/winrt_armv7_msvc2015/bin/winrtrunner.exe --list-devices
Running Windows Runtime device detection.
C:/Qt/5.12.3/winrt_armv7_msvc2015/bin/winrtrunner.exe --list-devices
Found 1 Windows Runtime devices.
Found 1 Windows Runtime devices.
Found 1 Windows Runtime devices.
Unable to parse "C:\Users\John-Arvid\Documents\test\main.pyproject":1: illegal value
Unable to parse "C:\Users\John-Arvid\Documents\test\main.pyproject":1: illegal value

This is a clean install on windows 10.

What should I do?

\John

jsulm

@john-arvid said in Unable to add file to project:

main.py

What is that? Are you using Python?
Are you targeting Windows RT on ARM? Because that is what you're currently doing.

john-arvid

Yes I am using python.

I choose new project -> Qt for Python - Window
This works out of the box.

I have not made any changes to any settings.

How can I, and do I need to change target?
And how does this cause the project files to be removed from the creator?

john-arvid

I ended up abandoning QT, don't have time to invest getting something simple up and running.

I will leave this topic open in case someone else comes past it and have a solution or the same problem.

aha_1980

Hi @john-arvid,

There seems to be a bug, which you might want to follow: QTCREATORBUG-22393

Unfortunately not much users use Qt Creator for Python development, so this was overseen.

AFAIK, Creator 4.8 should still work correctly.

Regards

Cobra91151

Yes, there is a bug with Qt Creator using PyQt5. The problem: it fails to parse/add files properly to the project.

For example:

main.pyproject
main.py
test1.py
test2.py
test3.py

To temporarily fix this issue you have to do it manually:

{
    "files": ["main.py", "test1.py", "test2.py", "test3.py"]
}

So, issue is that it parses .py files line by line, but instead it should be added to the array. I will also add this information here: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-22393. Happy coding!