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    Konstantin13
    wrote on 27 Jan 2021, 11:42 last edited by
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    Hello everyone.
    I need your advice. How to run Qt Application(GUI) from DLL? I have a console application C++, and I want to load DLL then run Qt application GUI from that DLL. How can I do that?

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    • K Konstantin13
      27 Jan 2021, 11:42

      Hello everyone.
      I need your advice. How to run Qt Application(GUI) from DLL? I have a console application C++, and I want to load DLL then run Qt application GUI from that DLL. How can I do that?

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      raven-worx
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      wrote on 27 Jan 2021, 12:53 last edited by
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      @Konstantin13
      same way you would do in an application/exe.
      Start a QApplication event loop.
      But note that each process (the instance loading your dll) can only have a single QApplication. If thats not possible you will need to launch a separate process from within your dll and communicate with the launched application.

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        Christian Ehrlicher
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        wrote on 27 Jan 2021, 12:54 last edited by
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        Or turn around the dependency - create a lib with the functionality of the console application and then use this library from a console or gui app.

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          27 Jan 2021, 12:53

          @Konstantin13
          same way you would do in an application/exe.
          Start a QApplication event loop.
          But note that each process (the instance loading your dll) can only have a single QApplication. If thats not possible you will need to launch a separate process from within your dll and communicate with the launched application.

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          Konstantin13
          wrote on 27 Jan 2021, 14:10 last edited by
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          @raven-worx thank`s, I did as you say and everything works!
          I have already familiarized myself with the problems associated with processes. Now I have a new question : how I can communicate with UI(Qt) from my application and back???

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          • K Konstantin13
            27 Jan 2021, 14:10

            @raven-worx thank`s, I did as you say and everything works!
            I have already familiarized myself with the problems associated with processes. Now I have a new question : how I can communicate with UI(Qt) from my application and back???

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            raven-worx
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            wrote on 27 Jan 2021, 14:33 last edited by
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            @Konstantin13 said in How to run Qt Application(GUI) from DLL?:

            how I can communicate with UI(Qt) from my application and back???

            https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/ipc.html
            or
            https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtremoteobjects-index.html

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