Transformer.cpp:10: error: undefined reference to `vtable for Transformer'

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Hi, people!
I'm quite a novice in Qt programing, but I have fine background in c++.
Currently, I'm trying to create one small program, with 3 classes. Two of them inherit directly QObject, but with one of them (Transformer), I have a problem with constructor:

@Transformer::Transformer (QObject * parent) : QObject (parent)
{
...
}@

When I try to compile all project, linker returns the error from the title.

The funny thing is, when I copy only this class (ie. transformer.h and transformer.cpp) and main.cpp to some tmp folder, compilation is done without any error.

Any ideas?

andre

What does your *.pro file look like? Did you use the Q_OBJECT macro in the declaration of the QObject derived classes? Did moc run? Were the sources generated by moc compiled and linked into the executable?

Edit:
By the way: this is a FAQ. Did you search for others asking the same question before posting?

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I've been looking for others with same problems. One proposed solution was to have virtual destructor. I've tried this, but without any result.

This is .pro for problematic project:
@######################################################################

Automatically generated by qmake (2.01a) Tue Dec 21 10:32:26 2010

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TEMPLATE = app
TARGET =
DEPENDPATH += .
INCLUDEPATH += .

Input

HEADERS += mainprogram.h transformer.h wizard.h
FORMS += wizard.ui
SOURCES += main.cpp mainprogram.cpp transformer.cpp wizard.cpp@

The test project (the one that compiled) have this .pro file:
@######################################################################

Automatically generated by qmake (2.01a) Sun Jan 16 21:12:45 2011

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TEMPLATE = app
TARGET =
DEPENDPATH += .
INCLUDEPATH += .

Input

HEADERS += transformer.h
SOURCES += main.cpp transformer.cpp@

There is Q_OBJECT macro at the beginning of Transformer class.

I Tried with „make clean“ and make again, with no results.
I don't understand what have happened, but, when I deleted every auto-generated file, including deleting .pro file and Makefile, „qmake -project“ created same .pro file; but then compilation went OK. I guess there was some problem in Makefile, but I didn't save previous one.

I'm sorry if I've raised topic for nothing, but I'm still confused with this problem (even though the problem had gone now).

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Sometimes you have to re-run qmake to catch up changes.

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I see. Thanks.

dusktreader

[quote author="Volker" date="1295213704"]Sometimes you have to re-run qmake to catch up changes.[/quote]

This is probably the correct solution. I've done this several times myself. The standard make commands ( make, make clean, etc ) don't remake the MOC objects. Running qmake rebuilds the MOC objects for your code (since it inherits QObject), and then when you run a make, it is able to properly link to the MOC objects.