A project into another

VenAle17

Hi all,
how can i merge one project into another project?

QT += widgets serialport
QT += widgets printsupport

requires(qtConfig(combobox))

TARGET = terminal
TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += \
    qcustomplot.cpp \
    main.cpp \
    mainwindow.cpp \
    settingsdialog.cpp \
    console.cpp

HEADERS += \   \
    console.h \
    mainwindow.h \
    qcustomplot.h \
    settingsdialog.h

FORMS += \
    mainwindow.ui \
    settingsdialog.ui

RESOURCES += \
    terminal.qrc

target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/serialport/terminal
INSTALLS += target

This is the 'container project', and this:


SOURCES += \
        main.cpp \
        mainwindow.cpp

HEADERS += \
        mainwindow.h

FORMS += \
        mainwindow.ui

the project that i want include.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Looks like you should use the subdirs project template. This allows you to have several sub-projects into one.

VenAle17

SUBDIRS += Myleds
Myleds.subdir = app

Myleds is the name of the project that i want include
So i should write something like this?

aha_1980

@venale17

You need in total three .pro files, one in the top-level, and two in the subdirectories.

Please see https://wiki.qt.io/SUBDIRS_-_handling_dependencies for examples and more description.

SGaist

That's too short of a .pro file content to comment. Is it your top level .pro file ?

VenAle17

@sgaist said in A project into another:

That's too short of a .pro file content to comment. Is it your top level .pro file ?

Terminal is my top level .pro file (the first one .pro file that i include in the message).
Myleds is the .pro file that i want include in the other project (terminal).

aha_1980

@venale17

Terminal is my top level .pro file (the first one .pro file that i include in the message).

As said, that will not work. Toplevel is the .pro file with SUBDIRS. All other .pro files go into subdirectories. Please check the link I gave you.

Regards

VenAle17

As said, that will not work. Toplevel is the .pro file with SUBDIRS. All other .pro files go into subdirectories. Please check the link I gave you.

Regards

Hi aha_1980,
i create a top level file .pro (that i named 'Final') and then, as the documentation said, i merge the program 'terminal' as subdirector but now the program don't recognize the lib like QSerialPort or QMainWindow.
This is Final.pro

QT       += widgets
QT       += core gui

CONFIG += c++11

TEMPLATE = subdirs

SUBDIRS = \
        C:/Qt/Examples/Qt-5.13.0/serialport/terminal/terminal.pro

And this:

#TARGET = terminal

QT       += widgets
QT       += core gui

CONFIG += c++11

HEADERS = \
   $$PWD/mainwindow.h \
   $$PWD/qcustomplot.h \
   $$PWD/settingsdialog.h

SOURCES = \
   $$PWD/main.cpp \
   $$PWD/mainwindow.cpp \
   $$PWD/mainwindow.ui \
   $$PWD/qcustomplot.cpp \
   $$PWD/settingsdialog.cpp \
   $$PWD/settingsdialog.ui \
   $$PWD/terminal.pro \
   $$PWD/terminal.qrc

INCLUDEPATH = \
    $$PWD/.

#DEFINES =

terminal.pro.
Any ideas?

mrjj

Hi
I have to ask to be sure.
By merge one project into other, you do aim for having a project file that will
also build the other projects?
And not trying to use the myled led class in the Qt terminal sample where you added
customplot too ?

VenAle17

@mrjj said in A project into another:

Hi
I have to ask to be sure.
By merge one project into other, you do aim for having a project file that will
also build the other projects?
And not trying to use the myled led class in the Qt terminal sample where you added
customplot too ?

Hi,
i'm trying to create a project that recognize a buffer of data (this in the project terminal) and translates it as a click button action that change the color of the led (Myleds).
So i create this two projects and now i want to create just one that it should do what i said.

mrjj

Hi
So its sounds like you just want to include myled.h and myled.cpp in the terminal project just like
customplot and simply use the widget ?

VenAle17

@mrjj said in A project into another:

Hi
So its sounds like you just want to include myled.h and myled.cpp in the terminal project just like
customplot and simply use the widget ?

It's not so easy because Myleds project contains another project too (named qled, with qled.h and qled.cpp).
This second project has a .pri file, not a .pro file.
I tried to use that method to include Myleds in Terminal but it didn't work.

mrjj

@venale17
But a pri file is perfect.
Normally you can just reference that and it should just work.
include(path to file/qled.pri)

Is it this one ?
https://www.linux-apps.com/content/show.php/QLed+?content=72482

VenAle17

Yes, it is.

mrjj

Hi
Ok that surely works with pri file as i used it myself.
let me clean it up and you can have a look at the test project.

VenAle17

ok, thank you

mrjj

Hi again
here is small project that uses it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tnj5zf7xd0zt5jx/Testqled.zip?dl=0

The key to use in terminal project is.
Copy the qled folder to your project folder. (so its a sub folder to where the terminal.pro file is)
Then add to terminal.pro

include($$PWD/qled/qled.pri)

then in terminal mainwindow or where you need it
#include "qled/qled.h"

and then it knows Qled and you can just new them as needed.
(as sample does)
You would likely insert it into one of the layouts of terminal project.

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ps. QLed can also be compiled to a Designer plugin but its complicated as it was made for Qt4
and even i have a working version, it has compiler requirements and very fiddly so
to use a few Leds in Terminal, this is far, far easier.

VenAle17

@mrjj said in A project into another:

Hi again
here is small project that uses it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tnj5zf7xd0zt5jx/Testqled.zip?dl=0

The key to use in terminal project is.
Copy the qled folder to your project folder. (so its a sub folder to where the terminal.pro file is)
Then add to terminal.pro

include($$PWD/qled/qled.pri)

then in terminal mainwindow or where you need it
#include "qled/qled.h"

and then it knows Qled and you can just new them as needed.
(as sample does)
You would likely insert it into one of the layouts of terminal project.

ps. QLed can also be compiled to a Designer plugin but its complicated as it was made for Qt4
and even i have a working version, it has compiler requirements and very fiddly so
to use a few Leds in Terminal, this is far, far easier.

Yeah, now it's working, thank you so much @mrjj

mrjj

Super ! :)
Please mark it as solved then.