[Qt-creator] Static build with Microsoft compiler

[Charles N Burns]

Hello all,

I am trying to use Qt Creator 1.3 RC to make a static build of an
application using the Microsoft compiler (from Visual Studio Prof.
2008).

I am familiar with building Qt static (and have even written some
articles on how to do so), but when I try to build my application in
Qt Creator, it builds with dynamic linking, even when I specify a
statically compiled version of Qt. I wasn't aware this was even
possible.

I know the resulting executable is dynamic because it is very small
and, when I run it directly, it complains about missing qtcore.dll.

---------------------- .pro file --------------------------

TARGET = ImageGuide
TEMPLATE = app
SOURCES += main.cpp Window.cpp mediancut.cpp
HEADERS += Window.h mediancut.h 	ScrollArea.h
CONFIG += static staticlibs stl
static {
	QTPLUGIN += qjpeg qgif qtiff
	DEFINES += STATIC
}

---------------------- from main.cpp file --------------------------

In my main.cpp:
#ifdef STATIC
#include <QtPlugin>
Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qjpeg)
Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qgif)
Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qtiff)
#endif

 -------------------------- --------------------------
The linker errors I get start with:

C:/qtprojects/ImageGuideMC/main.obj:-1: error:  unresolved external
symbol "class QObject * __cdecl qt_plugin_instance_qjpeg(void)"
(?qt_plugin_instance_qjpeg@@YAPAVQObject@@XZ) referenced in function
"public: __thiscall
StaticqjpegPluginInstance::StaticqjpegPluginInstance(void)"
(??0StaticqjpegPluginInstance@@QAE at XZ)

When I remove the Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN statements, my project compiles just
fine, but it is NOT statically linked.

How can I build a statically linked program using the MS compiler?

Best regards,

--Charles Burns
http://www.formortals.com/author/charles