Equivalent of #define in .pro file

[sattu]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering what's the equivalent of #define in my .pro file.
For example, this is what I want to achieve in my .pro file-

#define shapeA
 
 
#if defined(shapeA)
FORMS += \
    formA.ui
#elif defined(shapeB)
FORMS += \
    formB.ui
#endif

#define shapeA


#if defined(shapeA)
FORMS += \
    formA.ui
#elif defined(shapeB)
FORMS += \
    formB.ui
#endif

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I know # symbol is meant to comment a line in .pro file, I just used it for illustration purpose.
And yes, I did search in google about this. I get some examples regarding the use of CONFIG+= or DEFINES+= . I tried them in my .pro file but couldn't achieve what I wanted to. I would be really glad if someone would help me out regarding this.


-Thanks,
sattu

[stampede]

// .pro
 
DEFINES += SHAPE_A
 
#...
 
contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_A){
    FORMS += formA.ui
}
contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_B){
    FORMS += formB.ui
}

// .pro

DEFINES += SHAPE_A

#...

contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_A){
    FORMS += formA.ui
}
contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_B){
    FORMS += formB.ui
}

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[anda_skoa]

You can do all kinds of conditions, e.g. based on CONFIG http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qma...ion-and-scopes

Cheers,
_

[sattu]

// .pro
 
DEFINES += SHAPE_A
 
#...
 
contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_A){
    FORMS += formA.ui
}
contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_B){
    FORMS += formB.ui
}

// .pro

DEFINES += SHAPE_A

#...

contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_A){
    FORMS += formA.ui
}
contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_B){
    FORMS += formB.ui
}

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Hi Stampede, following your method I modified my .pro file. Now my .pro file is-

DEFINES += SHAPE_A
 
 
QT       += core gui
 
TARGET = Test
TEMPLATE = app
 
HEADERS += \
    testa.h
 
SOURCES += \
    testa.cpp \
    main.cpp
 
contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_A)
{
FORMS += \
    form.ui
}
 
contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_B)
{
FORMS += \
    ShapeB/form.ui
}

DEFINES += SHAPE_A


QT       += core gui

TARGET = Test
TEMPLATE = app

HEADERS += \
    testa.h

SOURCES += \
    testa.cpp \
    main.cpp

contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_A)
{
FORMS += \
    form.ui
}

contains(DEFINES,SHAPE_B)
{
FORMS += \
    ShapeB/form.ui
}

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The problem is it always takes ShapeB/form.ui inspite of SHAPE_B not being defined. Can you point out what I am doing wrong?

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Added after 8 minutes:

You can do all kinds of conditions, e.g. based on CONFIG http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qma...ion-and-scopes

Cheers,
_

Thanks a lot anda_skoa. I followed your lead and it worked finally. Following is my .pro file-

CONFIG += SHAPE_A
#CONFIG += SHAPE_B
 
QT       += core gui
 
TARGET = Test
TEMPLATE = app
 
HEADERS += \
    testa.h
 
SOURCES += \
    testa.cpp \
    main.cpp
 
SHAPE_A{
FORMS += \
    form.ui
}
SHAPE_B{
FORMS += \
    ShapeB/form.ui
}

CONFIG += SHAPE_A
#CONFIG += SHAPE_B

QT       += core gui

TARGET = Test
TEMPLATE = app

HEADERS += \
    testa.h

SOURCES += \
    testa.cpp \
    main.cpp

SHAPE_A{
FORMS += \
    form.ui
}
SHAPE_B{
FORMS += \
    ShapeB/form.ui
}

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Once again, thanks a lot. Now I can include multiple gui files for a single class depending upon my size and shape requirements

[stampede]

Opening curly bracket must be on the same line with "contains()":

// wrong
contains(...)
{
 
// good
contains(...) {

// wrong
contains(...)
{

// good
contains(...) {

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I think its somewhere in the qmake docs.

[sattu]

Opening curly bracket must be on the same line with "contains()":

// wrong
contains(...)
{
 
// good
contains(...) {

// wrong
contains(...)
{

// good
contains(...) {

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I think its somewhere in the qmake docs.

Awesome, thanks a lot. It's amazing to see that sometimes even the placement of brackets play such a big role

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Added after 11 minutes:

Stampede and Anda_skoa,
one more doubt. I am able to fulfill my objective using both DEFINES and CONFIG. Then what's the difference between both of them?

[anda_skoa]

DEFINES are things that get "exported" to C++, i.e. they become compiler -D items and can therefore be handled with #ifdef in code.

If you don't need that I would suggest using CONFIG and keep those unnecessary defines from the compiler invocations.

Cheers,
_

P.S.: you can also use the contains() syntax with CONFIG if you prefer it over the other condition syntax

[sattu]

DEFINES are things that get "exported" to C++, i.e. they become compiler -D items and can therefore be handled with #ifdef in code.

If you don't need that I would suggest using CONFIG and keep those unnecessary defines from the compiler invocations.

Cheers,
_

P.S.: you can also use the contains() syntax with CONFIG if you prefer it over the other condition syntax

That clears all my doubt. Now I can decide if I want to use DEFINES or CONFIG in my .pro file. Thanks a lot,