Qt is a very popular open source library for the development of C++ graphical user interface. Visual Studio is a very powerful integrated development environment. It will be very convenient and quick for these two powerful forces to jointly develop C++ applications. Here is how to develop Qt5 programs in VS2015.
Tools/Materials
-
Visual Studio2015
-
Qt5.7.0
Method/Step
-
Install Qt 5.7 for Windows.
Download and install [qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015_64-5.7.0.exe] this version of Qt in the following address: http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.7/5.7.0/.
-
Install the Qt plugin.
In VS2015, click "Tools"-"Extensions and Updates...", open the [Extensions and Updates] form, click [Online] in the left column, and enter the keyword "Qt5" in the search box on the right ", you can find the extension package Qt5Package, click to download and install, the plug-in will take effect after installing and restarting VS.
-
Configure the version of Qt and the corresponding installation path in the Qt plugin.
-
Add the variable QTDIR to the computer environment variable, QTDIR is the path in the Qt installation directory, for example: "D:\MyInstalledSoft\Qt5.7.0\5.7\msvc2015_64"; add the value to the PATH environment variable: %QTDIR%\bin
-
5
After opening VS, create a new Qt Application project step by step in [Template]-[Other Languages]-[Visual C++]-[Qt5 Projects]. If Qt's environment variable configuration is ok, we can run our Qt Application directly, but if there is a prompt saying "Cannot find some header files", it means that Qt's include and lib are not configured properly, we can go to the project properties page [VC++] Configure the include directory (5.7\msvc2015_64\include directory under the Qt installation directory) and library directory (5.7\msvc2015_64\lib under the Qt installation directory) in the directory. After the configuration is complete, click the [Apply] button to take effect.