Variables in generic project

lafrecciablu

Hi,

I know how to define and use variables in qmake projects (.pro).
I can't seem to find a way to do it in a generic project (made of .config, .creator, .files, .includes).
Typically I'd like to use an environment or Qt variable for a part of the path when listing project files in .files and include paths in .includes.

Something like for .includes:
${MY_ENV_VAR}/MyProject

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

René

compor

hello,

i'm not sure, if that is possible for the specific group of files.
re-reading the "doc":http://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator-2.6/creator-project-generic.html doesn't provide any clue to that direction.

however, it gives an example of automating the creation of the .files using git.

you could generate the literal values for the contents of those files using a generic bash script and a per project script that would just expose those values to the generic script's environment

e.g.

for project "foo"

@
#!/bin/bash

export PRJ_NAME=foo
export PRJ_HDR_DIR=foo/include
export DB_HDR_DIR=foo/db/include

etc

@

for project "bar"

@
#!/bin/bash

export PRJ_NAME=bar
export PRJ_HDR_DIR=bar/include
export DB_HDR_DIR=bar/db/include

etc

@

then you could have your generic script do smt like

@
#!/bin/bash

echo ${PRJ_HDR_DIR} >> ${PRJ_NAME}.includes
echo ${DB_HDR_DIR} >> ${PRJ_NAME}.includes
@

it's kinda hard to suggest a specific solution tailored to your needs.
hope this helps

lafrecciablu

Hello Compor,

Thanks for your suggestions.

Writing a script is what I ended up to.
The scripts generates .files and .includes (based on .files + default ones).
The other ones are copies of "templates" (.creator, .config, .creator.user).

It's true that generic projects are not well documented. For example what's the syntax of .config and .creator? Could I define variables in there?

For the records I use QtCreator for editing APEX/Summit code, which enforces a hierarchy of the type <MySubSystem>/<MySubSystem>.<MyView> (a sub system being a project). Yeah, I know it's weird.

Cheers

René