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Michael
Michael

Reputation: 5335

Qt subdirs: use common source files

I need to use common source files (not library!) for two projects in Qt. I've created such structure:

main
    main.pro
    common.pri
    project1
        project1.pro
    project2
        project2.pro
    shared
        (common *,cpp, *.h, etc)

Each project*.pro contains a link to common.pri:

include(../common.pri)

common.pri:

(initial settings)
.........
INCLUDEPATH += ../shared/
DEPENDPATH += ../shared/
UI_SOURCES_DIR += ../shared/

So it works, but the files in the shared directory seem to be "ownerless" and are not shown in Qt Creator. My question is, is that right, or should I add each common file into project settings?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 192

Answers (1)

p-a-o-l-o
p-a-o-l-o

Reputation: 10067

Since those source files don't belong to a project, they won't show up in the Projects view. But if you have a common folder in that very view, which refers to the common.pri, just right-click on it and use Add existing directory ... to add the shared folder and have the stray files in the view.

I don't really know what's preventing you to put the common files in a static library, but I guess you know that would be a better practice ...

Upvotes: 2

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