CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c++qt4
Eternal Learner
Eternal Learner

Reputation: 3870

Conversion of std::wstring to QString throws linker error

Hi I need to convert a std::wstring to QString and I tried the most obvious way of

std::wstring wideString;
QString qtString = QString::fromStdWString(wideString);

I got the error:

Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: static class QString __cdecl QString::fromStdWString(class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> > const &)" (__imp_?fromStdWString@QString@@SA?AV1@ABV?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std@@@Z)

referenced in function "public: void __thiscall FileHandler::deleteDir(class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> >&,int,unsigned int,bool,bool)" (?deleteDir@FileHandler@@QAEXAAV?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std@@HI_N1@Z) filehandler.obj

Error 3 fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals C:\Users\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\product_dev\deletefiles\Debug\FileHandler.exe

I also tried using the method QString::fromWCharArray:

qstring temp = QString::fromWCharArray(const_cast<wchar_t*>(wideString.c_str()),wideString.size());

The error I get is

Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: static class QString __cdecl QString::fromWCharArray(wchar_t const*,int)" (__imp_?fromWCharArray@QString@@SA?AV1@PB_WH@Z)

referenced in function "public: void __thiscall FileHandler::deleteDir(class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> >&,int,unsigned int,bool,bool)" (?deleteDir@FileHandler@@QAEXAAV?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std@@HI_N1@Z) filehandler.obj

Error 3 fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals C:\Users\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\product_dev\deletefiles\Debug\FileHandler.exe 1

How do I proceed to resolve this issue?

Upvotes: 15

Views: 12931

Answers (7)

parsley72
parsley72

Reputation: 9087

I was seeing a similar problem but none of these solutions worked. I eventually realised I was compiling with Visual Studio 2017 but linking to Qt compiled with Visual Studio 2013. Once I selected the right version it worked fine.

Upvotes: 0

vahapt
vahapt

Reputation: 1715

Best solution to the problem is to set the option "Treat wchar_t was Built-in Type" to No. However in some cases this might not be possible.

For example xerces_c is compiled with wchar_t as Built-in Type. If you need to use both xerces_c then you must either recompile QT or xerces_c to match a common Built-in Type setting.

Windows uses UTF16 charset so does QT for unicode strings. Thus, the alternative solution below might be a life saver.

/*! Convert a QString to an std::wstring */
std::wstring qToStdWString(const QString &str)
{
#ifdef _MSC_VER
    return std::wstring((const wchar_t *)str.utf16());
#else
    return str.toStdWString();
#endif
}

/*! Convert an std::wstring to a QString */
QString stdWToQString(const std::wstring &str)
{
#ifdef _MSC_VER
    return QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)str.c_str());
#else
    return QString::fromStdWString(str);
#endif
}

Upvotes: 24

Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 1447

boost::filesystem::path also seems to require the project setting "treat wchar as built-in type = yes", so vahapt's solution was the only one I could get to work.

Upvotes: 0

Lucky Luke
Lucky Luke

Reputation: 1400

Edit your Visual Studio project settings and under C/C++ -> Language set the option Treat wchar_t was Built-in Type to No.

Upvotes: 19

rubenvb
rubenvb

Reputation: 76785

Add

QT += core

to you .pro file. This results in what the other answer tell you to do. (be sure to rerun qmake)

Upvotes: 0

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 6093

This even may happen if QtCore4.lib is linked correctly. Make sure that the VS option "Treat wchar_t as built in type" is turned OFF.

Upvotes: 1

MTB
MTB

Reputation: 1

The QtCore library is not being linked into your application. Check your project settings and make sure that QtCore4.lib is in the list of included libraries and that the paths are properly set up to find it.

Upvotes: -1

Related Questions