[Qt-creator] Qt-Creator and Qwt under Win, MinGW

[Joseph Crowell]

On 01/15/2013 08:50 PM, Martin Mensch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to install Qwt under Win7 compiled with MinGW which works so far that I can compile and run the examples.
> Now I wanted to install Qwt to Qt Creator so I can use the integrated designer to setup my forms. But this fails. When  using the integrated designer I get a message under Tools | Form Editor | About Qt Designer Plugins... -> Failed plugins:
> The plugin 'C:/Qt/Qwt/6.0.2/designer/plugins/designer/qwt_designer_plugin.dll' uses incompatible Qt library. Expected build key "Windows msvc release full-config", got "Windows mingw release full-config"
> Googling for that I found some comments that say it is because Qt Creator is compiled with Visual Studio and cannot work together with dlls compiled with MinGW.
> So I just want to ask the Qt Creator experts:
> - Is that the reason for this message?
Yes. Your Qwt needs to be compiled for msvc too.
> - Is there a ready to use Qt Creator compiled with MinGW?
Not for Qt 5.0.
> - Are there other ways to get me working with Qwt and Qt Creator?
Get a Qwt compiled with msvc 2010 or compile it yourself.
> - What about stand alone Qt Designer? Does it have the same issue?
Yes.
>
> Thank you for any help
>
> Martin
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