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| author | Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> | 2021-12-03 17:57:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> | 2021-12-07 08:13:55 +0000 |
| commit | 9b4e68dd842618ab96f8a63f75ee65f5756283b7 (patch) | |
| tree | 76b72512685550f3d35e65b05ede7d98658e102c | |
| parent | 02f93f68d64ea72e6cfd57ed2b14b344d26b05b0 (diff) | |
Doc: Describe creating GUI apps and app bundles using CMake
The default behavior is opposite from when using qmake.
Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-26616
Change-Id: I9ec0f1a961e8d0cb25957dddcceec79cffbf292b
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-only/qtcreator-faq.qdoc | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-only/qtcreator-faq.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-only/qtcreator-faq.qdoc index 26fcb631b6..03f91f65fe 100644 --- a/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-only/qtcreator-faq.qdoc +++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-only/qtcreator-faq.qdoc @@ -266,8 +266,16 @@ \b {On Windows:} Output is displayed differently for \e{console applications} and \e{GUI applications}. - The setting \c {CONFIG += console} in the .pro file specifies that the - application is built as a console application using some other runtime. + For qmake projects, the \c {CONFIG += console} setting in the .pro file + specifies that the application is built as a console application using + some other runtime. + + This is the standard behavior for CMake projects. To create a GUI + application on Windows or an application bundle on \macos, you must + specify the \c WIN32 or \c MACOSX_BUNDLE property for the + \l{https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qt-add-executable.html}{qt_add_executable} + command in the CMakeLists.txt file. + When you run a console application, you can view the output in the console window of the calling application. If the calling application is a GUI application (for example, a release-built |