Qt with Visual Studio macro issue

[Cobra91151]

Hi! I want to open my Qt project in Visual Studio for more advance debugging. The problem is it not recognize one defined constant from Qt pro file.

Code:
Qt pro file:
QMAKE_TARGET_NAME = My App Test
DEFINES += APP_NAME=$$shell_quote(\"$$QMAKE_TARGET_NAME\")

Works normal in Qt IDE. In Visual Studio 2015 displays error - user-defined literal operator not found (#define APP_NAME ""My App Test"").

So how to make it compatible with Visual Studio 2015 and Qt?

[Cobra91151]

The problem is with wrong escape, in Visual Studio it displays double quotes around My App Test (APP_NAME constant). How to escape properly? Thanks in advance.

[Cobra91151]

How to make special characters such as char(32) work in Qt pro file? Thanks.

[SGaist]

Hi,

Isn't that because you are already quoting the result before calling shell_quote ?

[Cobra91151]

@SGaist

Without quotes it's not working in Qt. Throws errors such as C2065: 'My': undeclared identifier and C2146: syntax error: missing ')' before identifier 'App'.

The $$shell_quote(\"$$QMAKE_TARGET_NAME\") function works in Qt but not in Visual Studio.

[SGaist]

That's the problem with complex defines, each application and terminal might handle them differently.

One alternative could be to generate a header file that contains that kind of contents and that you'll include in your application code.

[Cobra91151]

@SGaist

Thanks. It's now compatible with Qt and Visual Studio 2015.

[SGaist]

You're welcome !

What did you implement to make it work ?

[Cobra91151]

@SGaist

The solution is to create C++ header file with APP_NAME constant and include it where it requires. Now it's compatible with Qt and Visual Studio 2015.