I have multiple versions of Qt installed, and I need to compile my project with all of them.
Using a pro file, I could not find in the documentation how to do a conditional compilation.
Ideally, this is what I would like to do:
QT_VERSION = 5 # this can be 4, set manually
if(QT_VERSION == 5) {
QT += widgets
}
if(QT_VERSION == 4) {
QT += gui
}
Naturally, the if() command does not exist in pro files.
Is there a better way to do the same thing?
You can use conditional functions and scopes here:
QT_VERSION = 5 # this can be 4, set manually
equals(QT_VERSION, 5){
QT += widgets
}
equals(QT_VERSION, 4) {
QT += gui
}
However, there are a few things that you need to pay attention to in your original code:
Explicitly defining the Qt version is not necessary, and it can make you get a headache if you forgot to change that in the .pro file. Instead, qmake automatically defines a variable QT_MAJOR_VERSION
for you.
Using equals
will work in this case. However, as noted below, equals
performs a string comparison. However, it is better to use greaterThan
and lessThan
because your code will automatically stop working when you try to compile it with Qt 6 (somewhere in the future).
Adding gui
to the QT
is not needed, as it is included by default.
So, your code should be:
greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4) {
QT += widgets
}
Here are some undocumented qmake
gems:
defined(func, type)
Returns true if func
is defined; type must be either test
or replace
, to match defineTest
or defineReplace
.
equals(var1, var)
(also works as isEqual
).
Returns true if var1 is equal to var2 (string comparison).
lessThan(var1, var2)`
Returns true if var1
is less than var2
(as an integer).
greaterThan(var1, var2)
Returns true if var1
is greater than var2
(as an integer).
inFile(file, var, val)
Returns true if a variable var
is defined in the specified file. Additionally, it can test to see if it has the requested value.
load(string)
Something of a cross between include()
and CONFIG += [feature]
. load(foo)
will look for a file called "foo.prf" in the standard feature path, and execute its contents immediately. Features that are contained within CONFIG
are executed last, after the ".pro" file has finished processing. Like include()
, it will return true if the file was found.