[Qt-creator] CDB/MS C++ Compiler Support Confusion

[André Pönitz]

On Sunday 28 June 2009 15:58:25 ext Robert Caldecott wrote:
> So, Qt Creator 1.2 adds support for the Microsoft Console Debugger
> (CDB), but AFAIK you can only use CDB to debug applications compiled
> with the Microsoft C++ compiler right?

Correct.

> So does that mean I can now
> create Qt apps built using the MS compiler from Qt Creator 1.2?

You could have done that since the first public release. Compiling
always worked, debugging was missing.

> There is mention in the release notes about experimental support for this.

Because it is old news ;-)

> The Microsoft compiler is, by all accounts, a better compilter than
> gcc on Windows and generates smaller applications, etc.  So, how do I
> go about configuring Qt Creator to use MS tools or have I got the
> wrong end of the stick here?

You need a version of Qt compiled using the MS compiler and
set Creator to use it in the Qt version settings dialog (and/or
override it per project in the Project tab). The rest should be
work out-of-the-box automatically.

Andre'