How to use REPC ?

wink

Hello everybody

I just intalled Qt 5.12 and want to use the QtRO mechanism.
I read the doc / sample that are online but I don't find any information on how the REPC should be used from within QtCreaor.
I have compiled the qtremoteobects module but I don't know how to get further.
What I have tried so far is to declare an external tool that launches repc like this:
Executable:

D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\Src\build-qtremoteobjects-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Release\bin\repc.exe

Arguments:

-i"%{CurrentDocument:FilePath}" -o"%{CurrentDocument:Path}/rep_%{CurrentDocument:FileBaseName}.h"

Running the external tool then with the current file being my .rep file with the following content:

class SimpleSwitch
{
    PROP(bool currState=false);
    SLOT(server_slot(bool clientState));
};

I don't get any errors but the rep_xxx.h file is not being created

Any help very much appreciated!

many thanks in advance,
Wink

wink

Hi again,
Just a short statement to tell you that all works correctly now.
Must have been a problem with paths of different qt installations...

Thanks for your help!

best regards
Winkl

mrjj

Hi and welcome to the forums.
Please give a little more detail of what you are trying to do.
REPC could mean anything.

wink

Hi mrjj,

yep sorry I hit the ask button too quickly, hope it's more clear now!

Wink

mrjj

@wink
Yes much better :)
I did not try this module myself , however
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.11/qtremoteobjects-repc.html
indicates you can use
REPC_SOURCE and REPC_REPLICA
in the project file to flag files to run the tool on.
I assume it has same syntax like SOURCES / INCLUDES
but doc is not clear about that.

wink

@mrjj

Yes I have the following lines in my .pro file:

REPC_SOURCE = MyRemoteObject.rep
QT += remoteobjects
QT += quick
CONFIG += c++11

# The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
# any Qt feature that has been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
# depend on your compiler). Refer to the documentation for the
# deprecated API to know how to port your code away from it.
DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS

# You can also make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
# You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

SOURCES += \
        main.cpp

RESOURCES += qml.qrc

# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules in Qt Creator's code model
QML_IMPORT_PATH =

# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules just for Qt Quick Designer
QML_DESIGNER_IMPORT_PATH =

# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

DISTFILES += \
    MyRemoteObject.rep

But I don't know how QtCreator knows how to use the repc.exe that I have built.
When invoking it like I explaned before nothing happens.
running qmake does nothing repc specific either.

mrjj

@wink
Hi
for my Qt5.12 installation, it comes with repc.exe in
alt text

So i think compiling it yourself was back when it was Tech Preview.

Could you check if you have tool there too ?

Thats how creator knows where to find it however
if you have repc.exe there too , it dont explain why no files are generated.

wink

@mrjj Hi and thanks for your reply!
I have indeed the repc.exe in my D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\bin folder (I didn't install the MSVC version though).

So if Qt creator knows where repc is, what is it that triggers its launch? is it qmake?
I tried again to run qmake but it does not seem to call repc.

Any ideas?

best regards
Wink

mrjj

@wink
Hi
yes, it seems its via qmake.
When you run qmake is anything mentioned in the (4) compiler output pane ?

also could you list your MyRemoteObject.rep ?

wink

@mrjj Hi

here is the output of the compiler window:

11:06:49: Running steps for project RemoteObjectServer...
11:06:49: Starting: "D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\bin\qmake.exe" D:\dev\RemoteObjectServer\RemoteObjectServer.pro -spec win32-g++ "CONFIG+=debug" "CONFIG+=qml_debug"
11:06:50: The process "D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\bin\qmake.exe" exited normally.
11:06:50: Starting: "D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\Tools\mingw730_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" -f D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/Makefile qmake_all
mingw32-make: Nothing to be done for 'qmake_all'.
11:06:50: The process "D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\Tools\mingw730_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited normally.
11:06:50: Elapsed time: 00:01.

and here is the rep file content:

class SimpleSwitch
{
    PROP(bool currState=false);
    SLOT(server_slot(bool clientState));
};

And this is the output when building the project:

11:10:20: Running steps for project RemoteObjectServer...
11:10:20: Starting: "D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\Tools\mingw730_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" clean -j8
D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/bin/mingw32-make -f Makefile.Debug clean
D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/bin/mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release clean
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
del debug\qrc_qml.cpp
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
del release\qrc_qml.cpp
del debug\moc_predefs.h
del release\moc_predefs.h
del rep_MyRemoteObject_source.h
del rep_MyRemoteObject_source.h
del release\moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.cpp
del debug\moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.cpp
Impossible de trouver D:\dev\build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug\release\qrc_qml.cpp
Impossible de trouver D:\dev\build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug\release\moc_predefs.h
Impossible de trouver D:\dev\build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug\debug\moc_predefs.h
Impossible de trouver D:\dev\build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug\rep_MyRemoteObject_source.h
Impossible de trouver D:\dev\build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug\release\moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.cpp
del release\main.o release\qrc_qml.o release\moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.o
del debug\main.o debug\qrc_qml.o debug\moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.o
Impossible de trouver D:\dev\build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug\release\main.o
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
11:10:21: The process "D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\Tools\mingw730_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited normally.
11:10:21: Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.
11:10:21: Starting: "D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\Tools\mingw730_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" -j8
D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/bin/mingw32-make -f Makefile.Debug
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -g -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_REMOTEOBJECTS_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NEEDS_QMAIN -I..\RemoteObjectServer -I. -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtQuick -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtGui -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtANGLE -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtQml -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtRemoteObjects -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtNetwork -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtCore -Idebug -I..\RemoteObjectServer -I\include -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\mkspecs\win32-g++  -o debug\main.o ..\RemoteObjectServer\main.cpp
D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\bin\rcc.exe -name qml ..\RemoteObjectServer\qml.qrc -o debug\qrc_qml.cpp
D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\bin\repc.exe -o source -I D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include -I D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtRemoteObjects -I D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include -I D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtRemoteObjects ..\RemoteObjectServer\MyRemoteObject.rep rep_MyRemoteObject_source.h
g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -g -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_REMOTEOBJECTS_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NEEDS_QMAIN -I..\RemoteObjectServer -I. -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtQuick -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtGui -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtANGLE -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtQml -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtRemoteObjects -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtNetwork -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtCore -Idebug -I..\RemoteObjectServer -I\include -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\mkspecs\win32-g++  -o debug\qrc_qml.o debug\qrc_qml.cpp
D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\bin\moc.exe -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_REMOTEOBJECTS_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NEEDS_QMAIN --include D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/debug/moc_predefs.h -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/mkspecs/win32-g++ -ID:/dev/RemoteObjectServer -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtQuick -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtGui -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtANGLE -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtQml -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtRemoteObjects -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtNetwork -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtCore -I. -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3.0/include/c++ -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3.0/include/c++/x86_64-w64-mingw32 -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3.0/include/c++/backward -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3.0/include -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3.0/include-fixed -ID:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/Tools/mingw730_64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include rep_MyRemoteObject_source.h -o debug\moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.cpp -I D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include -I D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtRemoteObjects -I D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include -I D:/Qt/Qt5.12.0/5.12.0/mingw73_64/include/QtRemoteObjects
Warning: Failed to resolve include "D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/debug/moc_predefs.h" for moc file rep_MyRemoteObject_source.h
g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -g -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_REMOTEOBJECTS_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NEEDS_QMAIN -I..\RemoteObjectServer -I. -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtQuick -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtGui -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtANGLE -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtQml -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtRemoteObjects -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtNetwork -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\include\QtCore -Idebug -I..\RemoteObjectServer -I\include -I..\..\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\mkspecs\win32-g++  -o debug\moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.o debug\moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.cpp
g++ -Wl,-subsystem,windows -mthreads -o debug\RemoteObjectServer.exe debug/main.o debug/qrc_qml.o debug/moc_rep_MyRemoteObject_source.o  -LD:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib\libQt5Quickd.a D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib\libQt5Guid.a D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib\libQt5Qmld.a D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib\libQt5RemoteObjectsd.a D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib\libQt5Networkd.a D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib\libQt5Cored.a  -lmingw32 D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib\libqtmaind.a -LC:\openssl\lib -LC:\Utils\my_sql\mysql-5.6.11-winx64\lib -LC:\Utils\postgresql\pgsql\lib -lshell32 -LD:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\5.12.0\mingw73_64\lib\libQt5Cored.a 
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'D:/dev/build-RemoteObjectServer-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
11:10:23: The process "D:\Qt\Qt5.12.0\Tools\mingw730_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited normally.
11:10:23: Elapsed time: 00:03.

wink

@wink Hello just to inform you about the current state, I removed all my Qt versions and did a clean install. Now I'm getting the rep_xxx_source.h file generated inside the build directory. I'll proceed from here and I'll let you know how it goes...

best regards
Wink

wink

Hi again,
Just a short statement to tell you that all works correctly now.
Must have been a problem with paths of different qt installations...

Thanks for your help!

best regards
Winkl