How to debug and get the source of signal and slots linking error's
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Hi sometimes when i change large code base written in Qt , after compilnig it im getting linking errors that talking about something wrong in "metaObject" but i have no idea what is the source of the problem , how can i get more info from this error :
@1>Linking...
1>TestDialog.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual struct QMetaObject const * __thiscall TestDialog::metaObject(void)const " (?metaObject@TestDialog@@UBEPBUQMetaObject@@XZ)
1>TestDialog.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void * __thiscall TestDialog::qt_metacast(char const *)" (?qt_metacast@TestDialog@@UAEPAXPBD@Z)
1>TestDialog.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __thiscall TestDialog::qt_metacall(enum QMetaObject::Call,int,void * *)" (?qt_metacall@TestDialog@@UAEHW4Call@QMetaObject@@HPAPAX@Z)
1>TestDialog.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static struct QMetaObject const TestDialog::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject@TestDialog@@2UQMetaObject@@B)
1>debug\TestApp.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals@
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Your header isn't moc'ed. The VS plug-in probably didn't detect the Q_OBJECT macro properly. Remove, add, rebuild.
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if your use qmake, please run it again.
