(C++) How to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable: example 16: any application, use of autotools

This is example 16, and perhaps a viable solutions of answering the Qt FAQ How to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable?, which follows [1]. It is a follow-up of How to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable: example 15: MinGW cross-compiling environment.

Project information

Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx

IDE: Qt Creator 2.0.0

Project type: GUI application

Compiler: G++ 4.4.1

Libraries used:

Boost: version 1.40
STL: from GCC, shipped with Qt Creator 2.0.0

Qt project file


#-------------------------------------------------

#

# Project created by QtCreator 2010-09-25T09:43:28

#

#-------------------------------------------------

QT       += core

QT       -= gui

LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib -lboost_filesystem

TARGET = CppQtCrosscompileToWindowsExample5

CONFIG   += console

CONFIG   -= app_bundle

TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += main.cpp

main.cpp


///CppQtCrosscompilerToWindowsExample3:

///cross-compiling a console application with

///a library (that is: boost_filesystem).

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

#include <vector>

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

//From http://www.richelbilderbeek.nl/CppGetFilesInFolder.htm

const std::vector<std::string> GetFilesInFolder(const std::string& folder)

{

  std::vector<std::string> v;



  const boost::filesystem::path my_folder

    = boost::filesystem::system_complete(

        boost::filesystem::path(folder));



  if (!boost::filesystem::is_directory(my_folder)) return v;



  const boost::filesystem::directory_iterator j;

  for ( boost::filesystem::directory_iterator i(my_folder);

        i != j;

        ++i)

  {

    if ( boost::filesystem::is_regular_file( i->status() ) )

    {

      const std::string filename = i->path().filename();

      //const std::string full_filename = folder + "/" + filename;

      v.push_back(filename);

    }

  }

  return v;

}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

//From http://www.richelbilderbeek.nl/CppGetPath.htm

const std::string GetPath(const std::string& filename)

{

  return boost::filesystem::path(filename).parent_path().string();

}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

int main(int, char* argv[])

{

  const std::vector<std::string> v = GetFilesInFolder(GetPath(argv[0]));

  std::copy(v.begin(),v.end(),std::ostream_iterator<std::string>(std::cout,"\n"));

  std::cout << "Number of files: " << v.size() << '\n';

}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

(C++) How to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable: example 16: any application, use of autotools

Qt project file

main.cpp

Process

References

[1] http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html

Go back to Richel Bilderbeek's C++ page.

Go back to Richel Bilderbeek's homepage.

(C++) How to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable: example 16: any application, use of autotools

Qt project file

main.cpp

Process

References

[1] http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html Go back to Richel Bilderbeek's C++ page. Go back to Richel Bilderbeek's homepage.

[1] http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html

Go back to Richel Bilderbeek's C++ page.

Go back to Richel Bilderbeek's homepage.