[Interest] QtCreator complains about ".pro file could not be parsed" for Qt5

[Koehne Kai]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: interest-bounces+kai.koehne=digia.com at qt-project.org
> [mailto:interest-bounces+kai.koehne=digia.com at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of
> liang jian
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:48 AM
> To: interest at qt-project.org
> Subject: [Interest] QtCreator complains about ".pro file could not be parsed"
> for Qt5
> 
>     Hello everyone, I have a very simple .pro file:
> 
> #-------------------------------------------------
> #
> # Project created by QtCreator 2013-11-12T09:49:29 #
> #-------------------------------------------------
> 
> QT       += core gui
> 
> greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
> 
> TARGET = testQtContainer
> TEMPLATE = app
> 
> 
> SOURCES += main.cpp\
>         widget.cpp
> 
> HEADERS  += widget.h
> 
> FORMS    += widget.u
> 
> 
>     When I load this project in QtCreator 2.8.1 using Qt5 buildkit, I can't start
> the program or debug the program since the start/debug button is grayed, If I
> move the mouse on the button, a tooltip will show up which says: ".pro file
> could not be parsed". But building of the project works fine, I just can't start or
> debug it. And if I change build kit to qt 4.8 everything works fine.

Unfortunately you'll need upcoming Qt Creator 3.0 (3.0 branch) to work with Qt 5.2 projects. I understood that's because the qmake code embedded in Qt 5.2 has changed, and requires an up-to-date parser in Qt Creator.

Regards

Kai

>     Qt5 in my machine is built by myself, I got the source from git and checkout
> to stable branch.
> 
>     Build environment: windows 7 x64, msvc2010
> 
>     BTW: in the past, it works fine with Qt5, this issue occurred recently.