[Qt-creator] Fwd: Qt-creator can't find the location of the executable it built

[Martin Hofius]

Hi,

Am Dienstag, 5. Mai 2009 schrieb Mildred Ki'Lya:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with QtCreator. When I try to start the executable,
> it can't find it. On Windows, I get:
>
>
>
> Starting C:/Project/configurator.shanti/main/debug/configurator.exe...
...
>
> With the same project, on GNU/Linux, it would try to find the
> executable in the directory configurator.shanti/main/configurator
> (notice, it doesn't search in the debug directory)
I noticed the difference between windows and linux too. In Linux I had to use 
shadow build to place the executable in a debug/release directory, in windows 
the debug/release dirs are used without any configuration changes. I hope 
this will be fixed in a future version. Or even better the configuration name 
(or separatly given directory name) will be used as default executable path 
and as default run configuration path.

>
> Is there a way to tell QtCreator to look for the executable ni the
> correct directory?
> Woulde it be possible to do so without modifying .pro.user files
> (those are not saved in the subversion repository and frequently
> erased since they can be thje source of some problems)
You can create run configurations for debug/release build configurations 
(select the second tab on project configuration and create a new run 
configuration). But as far as I can see the run configurations are stored in 
the pro.user file. Of course you can write a smal bat (windows) or shell 
script (linux) to start the executable in a different directory - but I 
haven't tested if the debugger can find the right process to control...

Greetings
Martin