Debugging in QtCreator using MSVC2017 compiler

Question

I installed Qt, but I get errors when trying to debug C ++ code from QtCreator. I am using Visual Studio 2017 on Windows, and it looks like a debugger that QtCreator does not require (cdb.exe) is not installed. How to configure debugging to work with 64-bit code in QtCreator when using the MSVC2017 compiler?

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Answer 1

What I'm discussing here is getting QtCreator working with Visual Studio 2017 compiler (MSVC2017), including debugging! By default, installing MSVC2017 and Qt 5.10 will allow you to compile and run the code, but by default you will not get debugging support. I will show the steps necessary for everything to be installed (including debugging support) for the following frame of reference:

reference system

• Windows 7 SP1 x64 (works exactly the same with Win10, too)
• Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.5.1)
• Qt 5.10.0
• Qt Creator 4.5.0 (MSVC 2015, 64-bit)
• Windows Debugging Tools (CDB.exe) that DO NOT ship with Visual Studio 2017
  • via the Windows 10 SDK
• Targeting 64-bit Windows Desktop Applications

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• Visual Studio 2017 ( 15.5.1)

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• qt-opensource-windows-x86-5.10.0.exe Qt
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  • Windows Kits\10\WindowsSDK\Installers\X86 -x86_en-us.msi

64- STAND-ALONE QtCreator

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#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <cassert>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    int intSize = sizeof(int);
    assert(intSize == 4);

    int intPtrSize = sizeof(int*);
    assert(intPtrSize == 8);

    constexpr size_t giga = 1000 * 1000 * 1000;

    size_t _32gigs = 32 * giga / intSize;
    int* gigaChunk = new int[_32gigs];
    assert(gigaChunk != nullptr);

    return a.exec();
}