4. [SOLVED]Qt Creator issue: The .pro file could not be parsed !

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[SOLVED]Qt Creator issue: The .pro file could not be parsed !


  • I've created a project with subdirectories as following but it gives me an error message for one of them

    core project: "The .pro file could not be parsed"

    How can I fix this issue?

    ------ IbnZuhr.pro ------

    @TEMPLATE = subdirs
    CONFIG += ordered
    SUBDIRS +=
    csv
    fft
    ysom
    core \

    win32 {
    SUBDIRS += qwt
    }@

    ------ core.pro ------

    @#-------------------------------------------------

    Project created by QtCreator 2012-03-10T23:38:33

    #-------------------------------------------------

    QT += core gui sql
    DESTDIR = ../../bin
    TEMPLATE = app
    MOC_DIR += moc
    OBJECTS_DIR += obj
    RCC_DIR += rcc

    SOURCES += main.cpp
    mainwindow.cpp
    aboutdialog.cpp
    dialogpersons.cpp
    wizardaddreflection.cpp
    extractfeatures.cpp

    HEADERS += mainwindow.h
    aboutdialog.h
    dialogpersons.h
    wizardaddreflection.h
    extractfeatures.h
    ../fft/fft.h
    ../fft/complex.h
    ../ysom/ysom.h
    ../csv/csv.h \

    FORMS += mainwindow.ui
    aboutdialog.ui
    dialogpersons.ui
    wizardaddreflection.ui

    INCLUDEPATH += ../ysom
    ../csv
    ../fft

    TRANSLATIONS += ./l10n/ar.ts
    ./l10n/en.ts

    RESOURCES +=
    res.qrc

    OTHER_FILES +=
    l10n/en.ts
    l10n/ar.ts
    images/style.css \

    win32 {
    TARGET = IbnZuhr-win32
    HEADERS += ../qwt/src/qwt_wheel.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_thermo.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_text_label.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_text_engine.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_text.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_system_clock.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_symbol.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_spline.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_slider.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_series_data.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_widget.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_map.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_engine.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_draw.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_div.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_sampling_thread.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_round_scale_draw.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_raster_data.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_point_polar.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_point_3d.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_zoomer.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_svgitem.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_spectrogram.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_spectrocurve.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_seriesitem.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_scaleitem.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_rescaler.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_renderer.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_rasteritem.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_picker.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_panner.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_marker.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_magnifier.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_layout.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_item.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_intervalcurve.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_histogram.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_grid.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_directpainter.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_dict.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_curve.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_canvas.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_picker_machine.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_picker.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_panner.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_painter.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_null_paintdevice.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_matrix_raster_data.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_math.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_magnifier.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_legend_itemmanager.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_legend_item.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_legend.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_knob.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_interval_symbol.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_interval.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_global.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_event_pattern.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_dyngrid_layout.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_double_range.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_dial_needle.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_dial.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_curve_fitter.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_counter.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_compat.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_compass_rose.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_compass.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_column_symbol.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_color_map.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_clipper.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_arrow_button.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_analog_clock.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_slider.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_scale.h
    ../qwt/src/qwt.h \

    LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-win32.a \
        ../csv/lib/libcsv-win32.a \
        ../fft/lib/libfft-win32.a
        ../qwt/lib/libqwt.a \
        ../qwt/lib/libqwtmathml.a \


INCLUDEPATH += ../qwt/src \

    }
    unix {
    TARGET = IbnZuhr-linux

    DEPENDPATH += /usr/lib

INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/qwt \

LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-linux.a \
    ../csv/lib/libcsv-linux.a \
    ../fft/lib/libfft-linux.a \
    /usr/lib/libqwt.so

    }
    @

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  • ------ csv.pro ------

    @#-------------------------------------------------

    Project created by QtCreator 2012-03-29T01:01:13

    #-------------------------------------------------

    #QT -= gui

    TEMPLATE = lib
    CONFIG += staticlib release
    DESTDIR = lib
    MOC_DIR += moc
    OBJECTS_DIR += obj
    RCC_DIR += rcc
    win32 {
    TARGET = csv-win32
    }
    unix {
    TARGET = csv-linux
    }
    debug {
    CONFIG += console
    }

    !exists( main.cpp ) {

    error( "No main.cpp file found" )

    }

    SOURCES += csv.cpp
    HEADERS += csv.h
    @

    ------ fft.pro ------

    @#-------------------------------------------------

    Project created by QtCreator 2012-03-30T22:18:46

    #-------------------------------------------------

    QT -= gui
    DESTDIR = lib
    TEMPLATE = lib
    CONFIG += staticlib release
    #TEMPLATE = app
    #CONFIG += console
    MOC_DIR += moc
    OBJECTS_DIR += obj
    RCC_DIR += rcc
    win32 {
    TARGET = fft-win32
    }
    unix {
    TARGET = fft-linux
    }
    debug {
    CONFIG += console
    }

    !exists( main.cpp ) {

    error( "No main.cpp file found" )

    }

    SOURCES +=
    fft.cpp
    complex.cpp
    main.cpp

    HEADERS += fft.h
    complex.h
    @

    ------ ysom.pro ------

    @QT -= gui
    DESTDIR = lib
    TEMPLATE = lib
    CONFIG += staticlib release
    MOC_DIR += moc
    OBJECTS_DIR += obj
    RCC_DIR += rcc
    win32 {
    TARGET = ysom-win32
    }
    unix {
    TARGET = ysom-linux
    }
    debug {
    CONFIG += console
    }

    !exists( main.cpp ) {

    error( "No main.cpp file found" )

    }

    SOURCES +=ysom.cpp
    HEADERS += ysom.h@

    ------ qwt.pro ------

    @################################################################

    Qwt Widget Library

    Copyright (C) 1997 Josef Wilgen

    Copyright (C) 2002 Uwe Rathmann

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

    modify it under the terms of the Qwt License, Version 1.0

    ################################################################

    include( qwtconfig.pri )

    TEMPLATE = subdirs
    CONFIG += ordered

    SUBDIRS =
    src
    textengines

    contains(QWT_CONFIG, QwtDesigner ) {
    SUBDIRS += designer
    }

    contains(QWT_CONFIG, QwtExamples ) {
    SUBDIRS += examples
    }

    qwtspec.files = qwtconfig.pri qwt.prf
    qwtspec.path = $${QWT_INSTALL_FEATURES}

    INSTALLS += qwtspec@

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  • The first step is to determine wich .pro file causes the error.

    Open a console, go to the respective subdirectory and call qmake manually. It should print the errors, if there are any. Alternatively, you can open the .pro file in Qt Creator.

    Then, after knowing the offending .pro file, you can look what's wrong with that.

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  • [quote author="Volker" date="1335091843"]after knowing the offending .pro file, you can look what's wrong with that.[/quote]

    I mentioned above which .pro has the error (core.pro)

    bq. core project: “The .pro file could not be parsed”

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  • Sorry, I had overlooked that. In that case, have a look at the compiler output pane in Creator if there are some detailed error messages. If not, comment out everything in the .pro file. Then add one line/part after another, rerun qmake and chek if the error returns. You then know the offending part of the file.

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  • [quote author="Volker" date="1335093648"]Sorry, I had overlooked that. In that case, have a look at the compiler output pane in Creator if there are some detailed error messages. If not, comment out everything in the .pro file. Then add one line/part after another, rerun qmake and chek if the error returns. You then know the offending part of the file.[/quote]

    Building process done correctly although error message appears but because of this error auto-completion & run of core.pro don't work correctly.

    This issue fixed when I commented win32 blocks in core.pro as following... what's wrong here?

    @QT += core gui sql
    DESTDIR = ../../bin
    TEMPLATE = app
    MOC_DIR += moc
    OBJECTS_DIR += obj
    RCC_DIR += rcc

    SOURCES += main.cpp
    mainwindow.cpp
    aboutdialog.cpp
    dialogpersons.cpp
    wizardaddreflection.cpp
    extractfeatures.cpp

    HEADERS += mainwindow.h
    aboutdialog.h
    dialogpersons.h
    wizardaddreflection.h
    extractfeatures.h
    ../fft/fft.h
    ../fft/complex.h
    ../ysom/ysom.h
    ../csv/csv.h \

    FORMS += mainwindow.ui
    aboutdialog.ui
    dialogpersons.ui
    wizardaddreflection.ui

    INCLUDEPATH += ../ysom
    ../csv
    ../fft

    TRANSLATIONS += ./l10n/ar.ts
    ./l10n/en.ts

    RESOURCES +=
    res.qrc

    OTHER_FILES +=
    l10n/en.ts
    l10n/ar.ts
    images/style.css \

    #win32 {

    TARGET = IbnZuhr-win32

    HEADERS += ../qwt/src/qwt_wheel.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_thermo.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_text_label.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_text_engine.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_text.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_system_clock.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_symbol.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_spline.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_slider.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_series_data.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_widget.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_map.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_engine.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_draw.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_scale_div.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_sampling_thread.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_round_scale_draw.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_raster_data.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_point_polar.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_point_3d.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_zoomer.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_svgitem.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_spectrogram.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_spectrocurve.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_seriesitem.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_scaleitem.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_rescaler.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_renderer.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_rasteritem.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_picker.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_panner.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_marker.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_magnifier.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_layout.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_item.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_intervalcurve.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_histogram.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_grid.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_directpainter.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_dict.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_curve.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot_canvas.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_plot.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_picker_machine.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_picker.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_panner.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_painter.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_null_paintdevice.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_matrix_raster_data.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_math.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_magnifier.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_legend_itemmanager.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_legend_item.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_legend.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_knob.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_interval_symbol.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_interval.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_global.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_event_pattern.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_dyngrid_layout.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_double_range.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_dial_needle.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_dial.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_curve_fitter.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_counter.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_compat.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_compass_rose.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_compass.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_column_symbol.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_color_map.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_clipper.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_arrow_button.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_analog_clock.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_slider.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt_abstract_scale.h \

    ../qwt/src/qwt.h \

    LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-win32.a \

    ../csv/lib/libcsv-win32.a \

    ../fft/lib/libfft-win32.a \

    ../qwt/lib/libqwt.a \

    ../qwt/lib/libqwtmathml.a

    INCLUDEPATH += ../qwt/src \

    #}
    #unix {
    TARGET = IbnZuhr-linux

    DEPENDPATH += /usr/lib

INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/qwt \

LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-linux.a \
    ../csv/lib/libcsv-linux.a \
    ../fft/lib/libfft-linux.a \
    /usr/lib/libqwt.so

    #}
    @

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  • I noticed something strange too in IbnZuhr.pro which is qwt project appears in projects tree although I put it in win32 block!!!

    @win32 {
    SUBDIRS += qwt
    }@

    PS
    I'm using Linux Mint x64

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  • maybe it is the trailing backslash on the last line (INCLUDEPATH) in the win32 section...

    Try to remove all lines in the win32 section, re-add line for line/section and check if the fault reoccurs.

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  • Voilà! I found the issue it's in this part of core.pro

    @LIBS += ../ysom/lib/libysom-win32.a
    ../csv/lib/libcsv-win32.a
    ../fft/lib/libfft-win32.a
    ../qwt/lib/libqwt.a
    ../qwt/lib/libqwtmathml.a @

    Now the problem solved partially, I still see qwt project appears in projects tree although I'm working under linux and qwt should appears under windows only.

    What's wrong in IbnZuhr.pro file?

    @TEMPLATE = subdirs
    CONFIG += ordered

    unix {
    SUBDIRS +=
    csv
    fft
    ysom
    core
    }

    win32 {
    SUBDIRS +=
    csv
    fft
    ysom
    qwt
    core
    }@

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  • Seems to be a bug, at least in 2.4.1. I can reproduce the faulty behavior on my installation. I suggest opening an issue at the "public bugtracker":https://bugreports.qt-project.org

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  • [quote author="Volker" date="1335173131"]Seems to be a bug, at least in 2.4.1. I can reproduce the faulty behavior on my installation. I suggest opening an issue at the "public bugtracker":https://bugreports.qt-project.org[/quote]

    Could you please file this bug report instead of me because "stupid bugtracker not working":https://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/15297/ !

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  • Done. Issue ID is QTCREATORBUG-7339.

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  • Response from the Creator developers:

    bq. That's on purpose

    The ticket has been closed as "invalid".

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  • Moderators

    I think the idea for not honoring scopes in Qt Creator is that you still should be able to see and edit files, even though they are not built on a platform...

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  • That makes sense.

    As Creator does not build the stuff, but just calls qmake/make on the command line, the correct set of files is used for the build step.

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