Qt4 -vs6-w2k

**gfunk** · 3rd November 2006, 22:41

Take a timeout! What are your other options? java? wxWidgets?

If you can spare it, and have experience with Visual Studio, get the commercial edition of Qt w/ the VS integration, it'll be wayyyy easier to use.

**jacek** · 3rd November 2006, 22:58

Originally Posted by dKoder

-plugin-sql-mysql
-plugin-sql-psql

If you want to build those plugins you must tell Qt where it can find proper libraries. For example like this:

configure -plugin-sql-psql -I C:\Postgres\include -L C:\Postgres\lib
make

(where C:\Postgres is a directory where PostgreSQL libraries were installed).

Everything is explained here: http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/sql-dri...-7-3-and-above
Note also that you can compile those plugins later (just remember that you shouldn't use paths with spaces).

Originally Posted by dKoder

I have been trying to get QT to install since last Friday and I don't feel I'm any better off that when I started. Will someone show some conpasion and just shoot me?

But you're making a lot of progress. Now you have a working toolchain and you got past that problem with moc compilation.

**dKoder** · 3rd November 2006, 23:03

This is true, however now qmake doesn't work. Before qmake worked to make the Makefile but minwg-32-make didn't now things are reversed and minwg-32-make works and qmake doesen't. So I can't even build the drivers.

**jacek** · 3rd November 2006, 23:13

Originally Posted by dKoder

This is true however qmake doesn't. Before qmake worked to make the Makefile but minwg-32-make didn't now things are reversed and minwg-32-make works and qmake doesen't. So I can't even build the drivers.

Delete the C:\Qt\4.2.1\configure.cache file, open "Qt 4.x.x Command Prompt", run configure (without any parameters) and then mingw32-make and tell me what happened.

**dKoder** · 4th November 2006, 04:06

Quick check of executables follows:

C:\Qt\projects\helloWorld>qmake
'qmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Qt\projects\helloWorld>mingw32-make
mingw32-make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

**jacek** · 4th November 2006, 11:26

Originally Posted by dKoder

C:\Qt\projects\helloWorld>qmake
'qmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Have you tried it from the "Qt 4.x.x Command Prompt"? Is "C:\Qt\4.1.2\bin" included in PATH environment variable?

**dKoder** · 4th November 2006, 16:03

To answer your question, no. However when I added "C:\QT\4.2.1\bin" to the path, run qmake and mingw32 I actually get an executable. "hello.exe" However when I run the executable I get several errors resulting in 'can find *.dll'. I tried moving the EXE to the QT directory, which is in the PATH, but I get the same errors. But, at least I'm creating an exe now. So there is now a dim light at the end of this very long tunnel.

Thanks for sticking with me!

**jacek** · 4th November 2006, 16:17

Originally Posted by dKoder

when I run the executable I get several errors resulting in 'can find *.dll'.

Copy all of those DLLs to the directory where your executable is and it should run. You can also add C:\Qt\4.2.1\lib to some environment variable, but I don't remember which one (search the MSDN for information where windows looks for DLLs and in what order).

**dKoder** · 4th November 2006, 16:40

Now I'm really getting somewhere. I have an working exe .

If you remember you had me to rerun Configure without any parameters. Do I dare run it again with the desired parameters?

**jacek** · 4th November 2006, 17:07

Originally Posted by dKoder

If you remember you had me to rerun Configure without any parameters. Do I dare run it again with the desired parameters?

It should work without any problems, just remember that if you want to compile PostgreSQL or MySQL driver, you have to add -I and -L options with proper values.