configure -switches help

[Spinz99]

Hi there,

I'm trying to once again configure an open source installation of Qt4.
Just wanted to ask if it's ok to use the switches -win32-msvc2005 -phonon
while running configure?

Will this prevent the open source sdk from compiling using QtCreator?
I'm asking because I'm tired of having Qt take hours of processing time to setup only to end up with a non-working installation.

So if someone may please spare me the grief and help me save the planet just a little.
Can you compile an open source installation with -win32-msvc2005 and -phonon?
Would love some feedback.

[wysota]

Just wanted to ask if it's ok to use the switches -win32-msvc2005 -phonon
while running configure?

Is it really that hard to type in "configure -win32-msvc2005 -phonon" and look if it explodes into your face?

Yes, you can use Phonon with msvc.

Will this prevent the open source sdk from compiling using QtCreator?

I'm not sure what you are asking about What sdk? Qt Creator doesn't compile anything, it's just a source code editor.

I'm asking because I'm tired of having Qt take hours of processing time to setup only to end up with a non-working installation.

You mean it compiles and then doesn't work? Did you see that at the beginning of the configuration process configure reports what switches are considered enabled and which are not? If you're not satisfied with them, just terminate the compilation after those several seconds and reconfigure Qt with different options.

Can you compile an open source installation with -win32-msvc2005 and -phonon?

Open source or no open source has no impact on the compiler used. You can compile open source Qt against msvc and commercial edition against MinGW. According to what configure says Phonon needs a "decent" compiler. Both msvc and mingw fall into that category. You might need some developent files from DirectShow to build the default Phonon backend on Windows though. But again it's not anything compiler specific.

[Spinz99]

Many thanks for the reply. So essentially it seems that commercial or open source the configure tool works the same? That's great news.

All my problems come from a demo version of Qt 4.4.3 having expired on my machine. I had both the open source and the trial installed and both stopped working. I understand Qt Creator doesn't compile anything but it seemed to be working with msvc before everything expired. Since then reinstalling open source and re-configuring won't help.

MSVC compiler keeps giving the error below

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0xc0000135'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Exited with code 2.
Error while building project Test11
When executing build step 'Make'

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0xc0000135'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Exited with code 2.
Error while building project Test11
When executing build step 'Make'

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So I've been trying to fix the installation but not much luck yet. I think next is trying to install the 4.4.5 framework afresh and see if that works.

It's very annoying to have a great installation where even the Media Player works (Yay!) and then you try compile something from Qt Creator and the error above pops up

[wysota]

Many thanks for the reply. So essentially it seems that commercial or open source the configure tool works the same? That's great news.

It's the exact same file.

MSVC compiler keeps giving the error below

Make sure paths from the old install and the new one are not mixed. Did you build Qt yourself for Visual Studio? The one bundled within Qt SDK is for MinGW, not MSVC.

So I've been trying to fix the installation but not much luck yet. I think next is trying to install the 4.4.5 framework afresh and see if that works.

I'd suggest 4.5.0. You probably already have it somewhere as Qt Creator requires it.

[Spinz99]

I've been wondering it's beginning to look like all I really need to do is change the installation path. That way I can use 4.4.3 that runs so well on my machine?

I think next try will be just that. Thanks for all the help.

[Spinz99]

This is really getting to me now.
I've reinstalled 4.4.3 on a new path.
Configuration and build went on without errors.

All samples are working beautifully and when I try compile from QtCreator, guess?
Same error as before. I'm using the Open Source Creator 0.9.2. rc1 bundle setup.

Running build steps for project Test66...
Creating gdb macros library...
Configuration unchanged, skipping QMake step.
Starting: D:/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/bin/nmake.exe release 
"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Release
cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t- -O2 -MD -GR -EHsc -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtCore" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtCore" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtGui" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtGui" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\ActiveQt" -I"release" -I"." -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\mkspecs\win32-msvc2005" -Forelease\ @C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm26.tmp
 
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NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0xc0000135'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Exited with code 2.
Error while building project Test66
When executing build step 'Make'

Running build steps for project Test66...
Creating gdb macros library...
Configuration unchanged, skipping QMake step.
Starting: D:/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/bin/nmake.exe release 
"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Release
cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t- -O2 -MD -GR -EHsc -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtCore" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtCore" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtGui" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtGui" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\ActiveQt" -I"release" -I"." -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\mkspecs\win32-msvc2005" -Forelease\ @C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm26.tmp

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NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0xc0000135'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Exited with code 2.
Error while building project Test66
When executing build step 'Make'

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Any clues anyone? Would be greatly appreciated.

[wysota]

What does qmake -v return when ran from within Creator?

[Spinz99]

I tried adding the Additional Argument -v under Projects>Build Settings>Build Steps> QMake
Wonder if this is what you mean?
It provided no additional information.

Would love to get this version of QtCreator working again.

[wysota]

Add a custom build step where you will call "qmake -v"

[Spinz99]

Thanks for working with me Wysota, results posted below. I'd guess it's not a problem with qmake rather something with the linker.

Running build steps for project Test66...
Starting: Z:\QtCreator\qt\bin\qmake.exe -v
QMake version 2.01a
Using Qt version 4.4.3 in Z:\QtCreator\qt\lib
Exited with code 0.
Creating gdb macros library...
Configuration unchanged, skipping QMake step.
Starting: D:/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/bin/nmake.exe release
"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Release
z:\QtCreator\qt\bin\uic.exe mainwindow.ui -o ui_mainwindow.h

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Z:\QtCreator\qt\bin\moc.exe -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtCore" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtCore" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtGui" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtGui" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\ActiveQt" -I"release" -I"." -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\mkspecs\win32-msvc2005" -D_MSC_VER=1400 -DWIN32 mainwindow.h -o release\moc_mainwindow.cpp
cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t- -O2 -MD -GR -EHsc -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtCore" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtCore" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtGui" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\QtGui" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include" -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\include\ActiveQt" -I"release" -I"." -I"z:\QtCreator\qt\mkspecs\win32-msvc2005" -Forelease\ @C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm5.tmp
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0xc0000135'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Exited with code 2.
Error while building project Test66
When executing build step 'Make'

[wysota]

You are trying to use a MinGW based Qt installation (the one that comes with Qt Creator) with MSVC which is not possible. You either need to rebuild Qt for MSVC or use MinGW specs so that your applications are compiled using MinGW. The two compilers are not binary compatible.