[Qt-creator] Static build with Microsoft compiler

[Tiago Correia]

Hi,

I'm very interested in this thread, since we are now thinking in moving from
Visual Studio to Qt Creator.

Any comments on this?

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Charles N Burns
<charlesnburns at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
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