First a hint for posting:

Thanks for providing the source code, it helps in searching the problem. But please do not include object and build files for your platform/compiler/IDE. Your download is about 18 MB, which is quite big for four sources files in the end ;-)

It makes your life much more easier and will most probably lead to more people reading your post and thinking about your problem.

So, regarding your actual problem. This is nothing directly Qt related, more sort of some general issues with C++. I suppose you are new to C++, as these kind of errors are very common, every programmer stumbles over them once in a while, even the most skilled ones.

I’ll post the code here to ease the analysis:

—- splitter.h —-

—- projectisthisabadgame.cpp —-

You have several errors here, I post the messages from gcc (on a Mac). You are on Windows using Visual Studio, so the error messages are different, but should be worded similar.

projectisthisabadgame.cpp:18: Error:prototype for ‘splitter::splitter(QWidget*)’ does not match any in class ‘splitter’

Look at the declaration of the constructor in splitter.h line 16:

and compare with the signature of the constructor you actually implemented in projectisthisabadgame.cpp:

You see: you declared a constructor with two parameters, but implemented it with only one parameter. You can add the second parameter in the .cpp or remove the second one in the .h. Go with the first, as this is the same signature as the standard constructor of QDialog [doc.qt.nokia.com].

This ist the correct constructor signature:

Another compiler run gives us the next error message:

projectisthisabadgame.cpp:19: Error:type ‘class QWidget’ is not a direct base of ‘splitter’

This is easy to fix, too. In splitter.h you declared class splitter to inherit from QDialog. In the implementation you call a QWidget constructor (which is a base class of QDialog; line 19 in projectisthisabadgame.cpp). But this is wrong, you must always call the constructors of the direct base class in your own constructors. So, change this to:

Also, notice the handing over of the second parameter (flags) to QDialog’s constructor.

Your code now compiles without errors. The next errors are popped up by the linker (which does not compile anything, but puts the previously compiled little pieces together to the final application).

Undefined symbols: splitter::~splitter() and splitter::showHide()

In your splitter.h you declared a destructor ~splitter() (line 17) and a method showHide() (line 20), but you did not provide an implementation in your .cpp file. Just add some dummy implementation in the .cpp:

Please note that a parameter-less method takes no argument. It’s not an error to write showHide(void), but most programmers consider this as unnecessary chatter. Better omit it.

Your code now compiles and links without errors.

Just another tip: In your project you have splitter.h and projectisthisabadgame.h declaring the classes. You implement both in projectisthisabadgame.cpp. This works, no question, but it is not a good idea. Better to separate your classes’ implementations into separate files too (i.e. move the splitter stuff into a new file splitter.cpp)

Feel free to come back with further questions.

Thank you! :D

Sry, but I seem to get a, “cannot open file, ‘QTHelpd4.lib,’” error, even after compiling Qt from source…

Help please!

Thank you :D
M260

Did you add

to your .pro file?

Thanks, I’ll try it!

EDIT: Well, you see, I’m pretty sure Visual Studio uses plain ol’ cpp files instead of pro files, just like normal C++. So, I added it to the end of projectisthisabadgame.cpp & got this output:

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
M260

Show us your projectisthisabadgame.cpp please, in particulary from line 37 – 40

Well, actually, an old version is shown earlier in this thread, but here’s an updated version:

EDIT: Um, the forum messed up the formatting a bit I think, but, whatever…

Line 39!!!!

got to be removed from this file and add it into your .pro file, try to recompile then.

But the reason I added it there is because it seems Visual Studio doesn’t support pro files…

I think that you got to generate it with qmake.exe and add it in your links, i’ll search more infos for later, stand by mate

You can use the Visual Studio Add-in [qt.nokia.com] to manage the mapping between .pro files and Visual Studio project files. The manual is here [doc.qt.nokia.com].

OK, here is the deal:
You have to generate a .pro file with ‘Qt command prompt’ (look into qt root folder)
Start Qt Command prompt and enter following commands:

-> cd c:\Folder\of\your\project\ (directory that contains Visual studio’s project file)
-> qmake -project
-> qmake

after these commands look into your project folder, you’ll see some auto generated files and folders, and .pro file will be there, just edit it however you want.

If you want to compile just continue with the following command:
-> make

Thanks, but after doing qmake, this happened:

http://i55.tinypic.com/ivzpcp.png

A couple of warnings – nothing to worry about. What happens after running nmake?

Is your project compiled?

By the way, use preferably directories without spaces for your projects, very important!
Ex.: c:\Dev\Qt_Projects\This_is_a_very_bad_game\
Never use spaces, compilator might show you some errors.