Is it possible to set visual studio project properties in qmake .pro files?

Question

I have a qmake batch file which uses a .pri and .pro to create a visual studio C++ project which is used to create a dll. But I would like to setup the properties of this project automatically, particularly the debugging command and command line arguments is this possible in qmake?

Answer 1

It is possible, create a

add_qt_path.pri

file somewhere with the following contents:

# test if windows
win32 {
  # test if already exists
  VCXPROJ_USER_FILE = "$${OUT_PWD}/$${TARGET}.vcxproj.user"
  !exists( $${VCXPROJ_USER_FILE}) {
    # generate file contents
    TEMPNAME     = $${QMAKE_QMAKE}     # contains full dir of qmake used
    QTDIR        = $$dirname(TEMPNAME) # gets only the path
    # vcxproj.user template
    VCXPROJ_USER = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
    <Project xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003\">$$escape_expand(\\n)\
      <PropertyGroup Condition=\"'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'\">$$escape_expand(\\n)\
        <LocalDebuggerEnvironment>PATH=$${QTDIR};%PATH%</LocalDebuggerEnvironment>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
        <DebuggerFlavor>WindowsLocalDebugger</DebuggerFlavor>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
      </PropertyGroup>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
      <PropertyGroup Condition=\"'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'\">$$escape_expand(\\n)\
        <LocalDebuggerEnvironment>PATH=$${QTDIR};%PATH%</LocalDebuggerEnvironment>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
        <DebuggerFlavor>WindowsLocalDebugger</DebuggerFlavor>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
      </PropertyGroup>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
      <PropertyGroup Condition=\"'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'\">$$escape_expand(\\n)\
        <LocalDebuggerEnvironment>PATH=$${QTDIR};%PATH%</LocalDebuggerEnvironment>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
        <DebuggerFlavor>WindowsLocalDebugger</DebuggerFlavor>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
      </PropertyGroup>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
      <PropertyGroup Condition=\"'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'\">$$escape_expand(\\n)\
        <LocalDebuggerEnvironment>PATH=$${QTDIR};%PATH%</LocalDebuggerEnvironment>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
        <DebuggerFlavor>WindowsLocalDebugger</DebuggerFlavor>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
      </PropertyGroup>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
    </Project>$$escape_expand(\\n)\
    "
    # write file
    write_file($${VCXPROJ_USER_FILE}, VCXPROJ_USER)  
  }
}

then include it into your qmake project (*.pro) file, after the TARGET deifnition:

QT += core
QT -= gui

TARGET = test3
CONFIG += console
CONFIG -= app_bundle

include(./../../add_qt_path.pri) # add qt path to vs project

# other qmake stuff

You can also add to the *.vcxproj.user any other entries such as debugging command and command line arguments, just take a look on how Visual Studio auto generates the in the *.vcxproj.user file when you set them up manually.