[Qt-creator] Setup of Projects with CMake & VS Compilers

[Michael Jackson]

Just to follow up on this a bit more here is my experience trying to set this up:

Download the software: 
  Windows SDK 7.1
  Windows Debugging Tools stuff
  Windows SP1 update for Windows SDK 7.1

Installed in the order Microsoft suggests. The issue came when I installed the "SP1" update. Microsoft, in their awesome quality control, forgot a critical file "ammintrin.h" that gets *removed* when you update using SP1. This will cause issues when trying to compile Qt. So really you need to go find that header file, copy it somewhere safe, run the SP1 installer, then copy the file back into the original location.

 After that you can install QtCreator, setup your paths and stuff and you have a compiler stack that does NOT have Visual Studio at all but just QtCreator. After some experimentation with CMake and what generator to use, adding QtKits to QtCreator I finally did get this working. It was a lot more work than it probably should have been. Microsofts suggestion is to download the free Visual Studio 2012 express and then just add the Debugging Tools as an extra download to achieve the same thing but quicker.

Hope that helps someone
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MJ.

On Feb 14, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Alexander Rukletsov <rukletsov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, you can install just Windows SDK and have a native win stack for free.
> 
> On 14 February 2013 19:02, Michael Jackson <imikejackson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yep. A couple of times. After uninstalling/reinstalling VS2010 & Windows SDK & plus VS2010SP1 & Windows SDK SP1 Update the debugger never was installed. I finally tried downloading the "Windows 8 SDK" which runs on Windows 7x64 (which is what I am on) and that seemed to install the debuggers. Now my "Kit" automatically picked up those debuggers. Now lets see if I can actually debug my project.
>> 
>> How is the speed of the debugger compared to Visual Studio? Also does this mean that I could install JUST the Windows SDK (compilers/debuggers) and QtCreator and have a full up "FREE" (as in NO MONEY) IDE that uses the VS compilers? This would make me happy.
>> 
>> ---
>> Thanks
>> Mike Jackson
>> 
>> On Feb 14, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Joseph Crowell wrote:
>> 
>>> Di  you choose to install CDB when installing the SDK?
>>> 
>>> On 02/15/2013 03:10 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
>>>> I have followed all of MS advice on installing both VS2010 and the Windows SDK 7.1. The final issue I am facing (I think) is actually finding the "cdb.exe" file. It is not where the docs say it should be. which is
>>>> 
>>>> -----
>>>> For the older Windows SDKs, such as Windows SDK 7.1, the Debugging Tools for Windows where shipped as a separate installer on the ISO-image of the SDKs. The debuggers are typically located in c:\Program Files (x86)\Debugging Tools for Windows or c:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows .
>>>> -----
>>>> 
>>>> I do not have any of those paths. Do you? What is the path to the cdb.exe that you are using?
>>>> 
>>>> thanks
>>>> --
>>>> Mike Jackson
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Alexander Rukletsov wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I use this setup in my daily work. If you use a recent version of
>>>>> CMake, you need to set-up a "kit" first, otherwise choose the
>>>>> corresponding nmake generator when opening CMakeLists.txt. Once the
>>>>> kit is set, open CMakeLists, provide parameters to cmake binary, and
>>>>> run the generator. If you have a complex project, you may use
>>>>> cmake-gui to tune cmake vars and re-generate the project into the
>>>>> build folder created by QtCreator.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>> Alex
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 13 February 2013 16:30, Michael Jackson <imikejackson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Not sure which list (this or the CMake List) to ask on so I'll try here first.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If I understand correctly QtCreator on Windows can use the VS Compilers/Debugger. My project is managed with CMake instead of QMake and I was curious if anyone else is using this combination and could give some pointers on how to setup the environment to use QtCreator in this way? What generator do I use? What kind of env vars need to be setup ahead of time. Stuff like that.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>> Mike Jackson
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