rust_qt_bindgen_win10_howto.md

How to build todo application in rust_qt_bindings_generator on Windows 10 x64

Versions tested

• Windows 10 (17134.345)
• Qt 5.11.2
• cmake 3.12.2
• rust 1.30.0
• VS 2017 x64 native devtools (eg Windows SDK and MSVC)

Build steps

• git clone repository locally. For the example C:\src\rust-qt-binding-generator
• cargo build --release
  • Add the binary folder to the $PATH variable
• open the todos example folder and open CMakeLists.txt
• Change librust.a to rust.lib in line 40
• Add WS2_32.LIB Userenv.lib in line 64
• cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\Qt\5.11.2\msvc2017_64\lib\cmake
• Open a VS prompt (eg "Develop Command Prompt for VS2017")
  • Build the cmake generated solution msbuild /p:Configuration=Release ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
  • This is the only command which requires the dev prompt. Rest should work in normal cmd.exe.
• Add the required Qt libs. Open C:\Qt\5.11.2\msvc2017_64\bin and execute windeployqt.exe C:\src\rust-qt-binding-generator\examples\todos\Release\todos.exe --qmldir C:\src\rust-qt-binding-generator\examples\todos
• Start todos.exe! You might want to set the following variables so the app looks as intended
  • set QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_MATERIAL_THEME=Dark
  • set QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE=Material

If the app crashes on startup, your OpenGL driver might be misbehaving. Set these variables to workaround

• set QT_OPENGL=software
• set QT_ANGLE_PLATFORM=

Result