qmake & the directory of generated files

[J.Hilk]

So, I was going through the qmake variable references because I have a bunch of *cpp files that are generated in connection with my QML- files, and I would like them to be bundled in their own folder.

Those cpp files consists of namespaces and a single very large usigned char array

extern const unsigned char qmlData alignas(16) [] = {
...
}

I found

• OBJECTS_DIR
• MOC_DIR
• RCC_DIR
• UI_DIR

and those do what they are supposed to, but none effect those qml-related cpp files.

So is there something to target these files, to generate them somewhere else?

[kshegunov]

@J.Hilk said in qmake & the directory of generated files:

and those do what they are supposed to, but none effect those qml-related cpp files.

What are those qml-related cpp files? I imagine they're not generated from the Qt infrastructure itself or am I wrong?

So is there something to target these files, to generate them somewhere else?

You can create a custom target. (See the advanced qmake usage from the manual you sourced).

[kkoehne]

These are files generated by the Qt Quick Compiler (see https://doc.qt.io/QtQuickCompiler/).

You can set QMLCACHE_DIR to move the generated files to a sub-directory of the build directory.

[kshegunov]

@kkoehne said in qmake & the directory of generated files:

These are files generated by the Qt Quick Compiler

Okay, my bad then.

[J.Hilk]

@kkoehne said in qmake & the directory of generated files:

QMLCACHE_DIR

Ah perfect!
Thank you @kkoehne , that's exactly what I was looking for!