[SOLVED] Suppress the terminal console for my executable

[frankiefrank]

When I run my (non-console) project in Qt Creator, I can control whether a console terminal is displayed or not, with a setting called "run in terminal". However when I run the executable outside Qt Creator, I always get the console displayed.

I am using "testlib" in my project and I understood from this post that this could be what makes the console present:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/760323/why-does-my-qt4-5-app-open-a-console-window-under-windows

However, I do want to stay with the "testlib" module for my unit testing, just want to not have the console. Is there any way to control this via my .pro file, or through the qmake / jom calls?

[mcosta]

Hi,

you can try adding this

@CONFIG -= console@

in your .pro file.

[frankiefrank]

Thanks for the suggestion but that doesn't work.

[mcosta]

Hi,

can you post the structure of your project and your .pro file?

[frankiefrank]

My .pro file looks like this.

QT += core gui xml script network qml quick testlib
greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

include ( C:\Qwt-6.1.0\features\qwt.prf )

TARGET = MyApp
TEMPLATE = app

CONFIG -= silent
CONFIG -= console

LIBS += winmm.lib
setupapi.lib \

SOURCES +=
MyApp.cpp
...

HEADERS +=
MyApp.h
...
FORMS +=
MyApp.ui
...
RESOURCES +=
MyApp.qrc

[frankiefrank]

I eventually managed to get the behavior I wanted, with the help of this post: http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/31315-How-use-conditions-in-Qt-pro-file

Basically, I now add a "CONFIG+=unittest" to my qmake call when I want the unit testing. Inside the .pro file, I have a conditional unittest scope in which I add the testlib, the source files related to unit testing and a DEFINE I use in my code. The only issue is that I have to rebuild to make sure switching between the normal and unit-testing mode works.

Anyway - no more console when I don't need it and my code looks alright. Phew.