Debugging Exception -> Qt Creator + VTK + MSVC + QMake

AhmedAlshawi

Hi,

I have made a VTK+Qt build using QMake and Qt Creator. After days of trying I have successfully managed to run the SimpleView example (https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/tree/master/Examples/GUI/Qt/SimpleView) in both Debug and Release builds.

Here is my .pro file (sorry a bit long).

QT       += core gui

greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

CONFIG += c++11

# You can make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

SOURCES += \
    main.cpp \
    simpleview.cpp

HEADERS += \
    simpleview.h

FORMS += \
    simpleview.ui

# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

INCLUDEPATH += C:\VTK\install\include\vtk-9.0\

LIBS += -LC:\vtk\install\lib\

CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
    #RELEASE LIBS
    message (Release Build Detected)
    LIBS += -lvtkChartsCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonColor-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonComputationalGeometry-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonDataModel-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonExecutionModel-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonMath-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonMisc-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonSystem-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonTransforms-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkDICOMParser-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkDomainsChemistry-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkDomainsChemistryOpenGL2-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkdoubleconversion-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkexodusII-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkexpat-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersAMR-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersExtraction-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersFlowPaths-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersGeneral-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersGeneric-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersGeometry-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersHybrid-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersHyperTree-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersImaging-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersModeling-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersParallel-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersParallelImaging-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersPoints-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersProgrammable-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersSelection-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersSMP-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersSources-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersStatistics-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersTexture-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersTopology-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersVerdict-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkfreetype-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkGeovisCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkgl2ps-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkglew-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkGUISupportQt-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkGUISupportQtSQL-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkhdf5-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkhdf5_hl-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingColor-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingFourier-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingGeneral-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingHybrid-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingMath-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingMorphological-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingSources-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingStatistics-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingStencil-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkInfovisCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkInfovisLayout-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkInteractionImage-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkInteractionStyle-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkInteractionWidgets-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOAMR-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOAsynchronous-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOCityGML-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOEnSight-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOExodus-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOExport-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOExportGL2PS-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOExportPDF-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOGeometry-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOImage-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOImport-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOInfovis-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOLegacy-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOLSDyna-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOMINC-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOMotionFX-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOMovie-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIONetCDF-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOOggTheora-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOParallel-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOParallelXML-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOPLY-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOSegY-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOSQL-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOTecplotTable-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOVeraOut-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOVideo-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOXML-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkIOXMLParser-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkjpeg-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkjsoncpp-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtklibharu-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtklibproj-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtklibxml2-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkloguru-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtklz4-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtklzma-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkmetaio-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtknetcdf-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkogg-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkParallelCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkParallelDIY-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkpng-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkpugixml-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingAnnotation-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingContext2D-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingContextOpenGL2-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingFreeType-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingImage-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingLabel-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingLOD-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingQt-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingSceneGraph-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingUI-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingVolume-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingVtkJS-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtksqlite-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtksys-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkTestingRendering-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtktheora-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtktiff-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkverdict-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkViewsContext2D-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkViewsCore-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkViewsInfovis-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkViewsQt-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkWrappingTools-9.0
    LIBS += -lvtkzlib-9.0
}

CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    #DEBUG LIBS
    message (Debug Build Detected)
    LIBS += -lvtkChartsCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonColor-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonComputationalGeometry-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonDataModel-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonExecutionModel-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonMath-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonMisc-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonSystem-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkCommonTransforms-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkDICOMParser-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkDomainsChemistry-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkDomainsChemistryOpenGL2-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkdoubleconversion-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkexodusII-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkexpat-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersAMR-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersExtraction-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersFlowPaths-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersGeneral-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersGeneric-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersGeometry-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersHybrid-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersHyperTree-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersImaging-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersModeling-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersParallel-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersParallelImaging-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersPoints-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersProgrammable-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersSelection-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersSMP-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersSources-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersStatistics-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersTexture-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersTopology-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkFiltersVerdict-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkfreetype-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkGeovisCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkgl2ps-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkglew-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkGUISupportQt-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkGUISupportQtSQL-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkhdf5-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkhdf5_hl-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingColor-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingFourier-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingGeneral-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingHybrid-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingMath-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingMorphological-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingSources-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingStatistics-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkImagingStencil-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkInfovisCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkInfovisLayout-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkInteractionImage-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkInteractionStyle-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkInteractionWidgets-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOAMR-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOAsynchronous-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOCityGML-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOEnSight-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOExodus-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOExport-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOExportGL2PS-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOExportPDF-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOGeometry-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOImage-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOImport-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOInfovis-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOLegacy-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOLSDyna-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOMINC-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOMotionFX-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOMovie-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIONetCDF-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOOggTheora-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOParallel-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOParallelXML-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOPLY-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOSegY-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOSQL-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOTecplotTable-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOVeraOut-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOVideo-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOXML-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkIOXMLParser-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkjpeg-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkjsoncpp-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtklibharu-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtklibproj-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtklibxml2-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkloguru-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtklz4-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtklzma-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkmetaio-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtknetcdf-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkogg-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkParallelCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkParallelDIY-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkpng-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkpugixml-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingAnnotation-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingContext2D-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingContextOpenGL2-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingFreeType-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingImage-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingLabel-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingLOD-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingQt-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingSceneGraph-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingUI-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingVolume-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkRenderingVtkJS-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtksqlite-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtksys-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkTestingRendering-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtktheora-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtktiff-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkverdict-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkViewsContext2D-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkViewsCore-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkViewsInfovis-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkViewsQt-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkWrappingTools-9.0d
    LIBS += -lvtkzlib-9.0d
}

# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

RESOURCES += \
    Icons/icons.qrc

As you can see the only way I could find to get it to work for both debug and release builds was to use CONIFG (debug, debug|release) and CONFIG (release, debug|release) to conditionally link to the release or debug libraries, and NOT both.

Is this the right way to do this?
Is there a simpler way rather than listing out all the libs?
Is this fix a symptom of a bigger issue?

NOTE: I have built VTK in both release and debug.

Thank you,

Ahmed

JoeCFD

https://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-4.8/qmake-variable-reference.html
something like the following?
build_pass:CONFIG(debug) {
unix: LIBS += -Lvtk_debug_path
}
build_pass:CONFIG(release) {
unix: LIBS += -Lvtk_release_path
}

the lib names may not change.
LIBS += -lvtk1 -lvtk2 ....

AhmedAlshawi

Thanks. Do you know if there is an alternative to listing out all the libraries?

JoeCFD

@AhmedAlshawi I would prefer to add the ones needed. Try to make your app as small as possible.

mchinand

The simplest way is to use CMake to configure your project instead of a .pro file and qmake. That example even includes a CMakeLists.txt file for you to use. QtCreator supports CMake-based projects and Qt has switched to using it as its primary build system for developing Qt.