QtCreator fails to run an application that depends on a library in the same project

slyp

Hi,

I am using QtCreator 4.1.0 from revision 8c80a86266 on Windows with Visual Studio 2015

My project is as follows:

TestProject.qbs

Project
{
    references:
    [
        "TestApp/TestApp.qbs",               
        "TestLib/TestLib.qbs"
    ]
}

TestApp.qbs

CppApplication
{
    Depends { name: "TestLib" }              

    files: [
        "main.cpp",
    ]
}

main.cpp

__declspec(dllimport) int test_returner ();  

int main ()
{
    return test_returner ();
}

TestLib.qbs

DynamicLibrary
{
    Depends { name: "cpp" }                  

    files: [
        "dllmain.cpp",
    ]
}

dllmain.cpp

__declspec(dllexport) int test_returner ()   
{
    return 123;
}

The problem is, if run with QtCreator the program crashes before even starting, which is fixed by copying TestLib.dll over to the directory that contains TestApp.exe.

I would always do it this way ( Depends { name: LIBNAME } ) on my linux machine without any problems but I'm forced to windows for a while and I'm not sure if its a bug or if I have to do some additional/different stuff in my qbs files, hence my question: How do I fix it ?

Thought about utilizing qbs' destinationDirectory property by setting it to sourceDirectory + "/../bin" to fix the separate directory problem for exe and dll, but then I'm being trolled as it creates the folder dotdot/bin/ in sourceDirectory.

raven-worx

@slyp said in QtCreator fails to run an application that depends on a library in the same project:

I would always do it this way ( Depends { name: LIBNAME } ) on my linux machine without any problems but I'm forced to windows for a while and I'm not sure if its a bug or if I have to do some additional/different stuff in my qbs files, hence my question: How do I fix it ?

yes, maybe a bug.
Can you pls post the generated makefile?

slyp

@raven-worx said in QtCreator fails to run an application that depends on a library in the same project:

Can you pls post the generated makefile?

Can't find one

Andy@Andy-PC /cygdrive/d/Dev/TestProject/build-TestProject-Desktop_Qt_5_7_0_MSVC2015_32bit-Debug
$ find . -print
.
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug.bg
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug.bg.lock
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec/.obj
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec/.obj/3a52ce780950d4d9/main.cpp.obj
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec/.obj/vc140.pdb
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec/intermediate.TestApp.exe
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec/intermediate.TestApp.exe.manifest
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec/intermediate.TestApp.ilk
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec/TestApp.exe
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestApp.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.73fd51ec/TestApp.pdb
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469/.obj
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469/.obj/3a52ce780950d4d9/dllmain.cpp.obj   
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469/.obj/vc140.pdb
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469/TestLib.dll
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469/TestLib.exp
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469/TestLib.ilk
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469/TestLib.lib
./qtc_Desktop__a1af886e-debug/TestLib.qtc-Desktop--a1af886e.2ecbf469/TestLib.pdb

Isn't qbs supposed to not rely on makefiles anymore ?

raven-worx

@slyp
sorry, wasn't really up-to-date with QBS.
QBS doesn't create makefiles of course.