Having trouble adding User32.lib to project as linked library.

SGaist · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 19:46

For which architecture are you building ?

Crag_Hack · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 19:47

You mean Windows right?

SGaist · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 19:55

No, I mean x86 vs x86_64

Crag_Hack · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 19:55

Or do you mean... x86/x64? In which case I'm doing x86 since the 64 bit QT Creator kit is broken.

hskoglund · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 20:03

Hi, I just tested on my Windows 10 with 32-bit MSVC2015, and to avoid that linker error you only have to add LIBS += -luser32 to your .pro file.

Crag_Hack · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 20:04

Something's up then cause I already tried that..

SGaist · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 20:07

Qt Creator is 32bit but that has no influence on the version of Qt you are using.

Crag_Hack · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 20:10

You're talking about my previous remark right? I mean the 64 bit MSVC build kit in QT Creator is broken. see here:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/72576/qt-creator-complaining-about-msvc-build-and-run-kit/3
D'oh the screenshot no longer works...I''l have to fix that

SGaist · wrote on 22 Oct 2016, 20:20

Then also a silly question but, when you installed Visual Studio 2015, did you install the C++ stuff ? It's not selected by default.

Crag_Hack · wrote on 23 Oct 2016, 05:46

I just did the default install, which didn't install the compilers; I knew because they didn't show up in QT Creator. I followed the instructions as here in comment 3 for question 1 in order to install the compilers. Do you think I need to install more C++ components?

SGaist · wrote on 23 Oct 2016, 15:34

Did you check in Qt Creator that it detects the compilers ?

Crag_Hack · wrote on 23 Oct 2016, 20:28

Yup:

SGaist · wrote on 23 Oct 2016, 20:48

So that part is good. What about the Kits ?

Crag_Hack · wrote on 23 Oct 2016, 20:52

Here 'tis... I am getting the error message from the compiler so it's obviously running. Just the library linking that's freaking out. I could pass verbose to the compiler to see if it gives more information.

SGaist · wrote on 23 Oct 2016, 21:37

Then it looks like you are trying to setup a 32bit debugger on your 64bit Qt.

Crag_Hack · wrote on 23 Oct 2016, 22:37

The selected kit for the project is the first (default) one though.
Desktop QT 5.7.0 MSVC2015 32bit

Crag_Hack · wrote on 24 Oct 2016, 19:47

I'll try verbose to see if there's any more info. If not I might just witch to Visual Studio. Any major functional trade-offs to using Visual Studio vs QT Creator? I know about the plugin.
Thanks!

SGaist · wrote on 24 Oct 2016, 20:00

Qt Creator is usually simpler to use and setup.

Crag_Hack · wrote on 27 Oct 2016, 23:56

Update: I tried adding line below with success, program compiles now. Any ideas as to why QT Creator is being so ornery? Thanks again for all your help.

#pragma comment (lib, "User32.lib")