How to indicate INCLUDE PATH to QT CREATOR

[DragonProg]

Hi everybody,

I'm sorry for the question, I know is a simnple question but I don´t find the solution.

The thing is :

I'm working with QT CREATOR 2.5.2 and QT 4.8.0, also I'm working with PCL (Point cloud library 1.6.0). I'm programming onto Windows 7 64 bits. I create a simple form with a button using the QT creator and everything works fine, but if I want to include a header file, the QT Creator doesn´t find the header file.

I edited the .pro file, and I use the INCLUDEPATH += indicate the path but the QT Creator doesn´t find the header file.

my cpp file is :

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include "point_types.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}

I'm not find the way to say to the QT Creator which is the include PATH, in this case "c:\Program Files\PCL 1.6.0\include"

Please, anyone can help me, I'm really fustrated.

Advanced thanks

[hskoglund]

Hi, if INCLUDEPATH doesn't seem to work, you can always specify the path in the #include, like this:
#include "C:/Program Files/PCL 1.6.0/Include/point_types.h"

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

You should use forward slashes and also check whether the includes are in the root path of the library.

[DragonProg]

Thanks to everybody for the replies,

Yes, if I put the absolute path in the include it works, so in my complete project developed with MSVS C++ and QT designer (not qt creator) I have thousans includes in hundreds files, is imposible to change all.

And regarding forward slashes I proved everything, forward, backward, ..., I start to think is a problem with the QT creator version.

Thank you

[DragonProg]

Hi again,

I found the error, if my path has a space, INCLUDEPATH is not efective, so I have everything installed inside "Program Files".

Any suggestion ?

Thanks !!!!!

[hskoglund]

Hi, the "spaces" syndrome you can cure in your .pro file by defining a variable which you then assign to the includepath, like this:
@
PCLINCLUDE = "c:/Program Files/PCL 1.6.0/include"
INCLUDEPATH += $${PCLINCLUDE}
@
(Note that Qt is more happy with forward slashes in the directory names.)

[DragonProg]

Thanks !!!

Now everything is working

[SGaist]

There's also

@INCLUDEPATH += $$quote(c:/Program Files/PCL 1.6.0/include)@

[hskoglund]

Yeah SGaist that one is better/shorter.