Support --designer launcher argument for Qt5 build

cpinter · January 23, 2018, 5:39pm

The --designer launcher switch doesn’t work with Qt5 builds. It seems that it’s because the variable checked at this line is empty:

github.com

Slicer/Slicer/blob/master/CMake/SlicerMacroBuildApplication.cmake#L543


# Configure Launcher
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
if(SLICERAPP_CONFIGURE_LAUNCHER)
  if(Slicer_USE_CTKAPPLAUNCHER)


    find_package(CTKAppLauncher REQUIRED)


    # Define list of extra 'application to launch' to associate with the launcher
    # within the build tree
    set(extraApplicationToLaunchListForBuildTree)


    if(${Slicer_REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 5 AND NOT QT_DESIGNER_EXECUTABLE)
      # Since Qt only provides a CMake module to find the designer library, we work
      # around this limitation by finding the designer executable.
      find_program(QT_DESIGNER_EXECUTABLE designer Designer "${QT_BINARY_DIR}")
    endif()


    if(EXISTS ${QT_DESIGNER_EXECUTABLE})
      ctkAppLauncherAppendExtraAppToLaunchToList(
        LONG_ARG designer
        HELP "Start Qt designer using Slicer plugins"

It would be great if this variable was set for Qt5 automatically. Any ideas how to make that happen?

jcfr · January 24, 2018, 12:03am

Thanks to a PR of @adamrankin and inputs from @msmolens and @ihnorton , this is now fixed by 26856 and 26859

jcfr · December 6, 2018, 5:57am

Commit r27608 fixes the lookup of the designer executable ensuring the one associated with the Qt5 version being is used is found.

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Support --designer launcher argument for Qt5 build

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