[Qt-creator] [newbie] including ext. lib (libqxt) in qtcreator plugin

[Thomas Ehrnhoefer]

Hi Group

Disclaimer: I am new to libqxt, Qt and QtCreator, so assume the least
and let me know if the question is misplaced here :)

I am starting on a plugin for QtCreator (adding a sidebar) and want to
use libqxt in my work (I need the JSON support). The problem I am
experiencing is that I cannot get the plugin to either compile or run
with libqxt.
I used the "Add library..." wizard to add the libs (which are compiled
and sit in C:/qxt/), which adds a bunch of lines for each of the libs
I want to my .pro file.
I also added a simple line to invoke one if the features (opening a
QxtConfirmationMessage) plus imports of:
#include "QxtCore/QxtCore"
#include "QxtGui/QxtGui"
#include "QxtGui/QxtConfirmationMessage".

Compiling results in the following error:
c:\qxt\include\qxtcore\qxtabstractconnectionmanager.h(30) : fatal
error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'qxtglobal.h': No such file or
directory

The file is there though, sitting in c:\qxt\include\qxtcore. So it
seems my .pro file is not sufficient (or incorrect) to find everything
it needs.

Then I read that to add libqxt, one simple needs to add

If I am compiling this, it finishes without an error, but starting
QtCreator with my plugin pops up a dialog stating it couldn't load my
library because "the specified module was not found". So again some
setup problem.

Combining both methods lead to the same result as method 2 by itself.

I am also cross-posting this to the libqxt mailing list (as I am not
certain which part I am doing wrong).
Any help is appreciated

Thanks
Thomas

P.S.: here is my dev environment and how I got qt/qtcreator and libqxt compiled:
* using MSVC2008 and activeperl
* configuring Qt with -release -no-scripttools -qt-zlib -qt-gif
-qt-libtiff -qt-libpng -qt-libmng -qt-libjpeg -nomake demos -nomake
examples -phonon -phonon-backend
* configuring Qxt with -release -no-db

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Thomas Ehrnhoefer
Software Developer, http://tasktop.com