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authorAmir Masoud Abdol <amir.abdol@qt.io>2023-04-03 11:11:33 +0200
committerQt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>2023-04-05 07:49:34 +0000
commitaa45c04a49abc95bd384f435982aa9b069a3c0cf (patch)
treef8eebd69054bdf4c26c852529791f0dd8dc2529d
parent4088e3f6d80f847fc82a5c6a1f96c1975ecf8a04 (diff)
downloadqtdoc-aa45c04a49abc95bd384f435982aa9b069a3c0cf.tar.gz
Minor update to the Windows build documentation
The PATH is modified so that we can call `configure` in the prompt. Besides that, Step 4 only covers the in source build, so I add an alternative note to clarify that if Step 3 is done properly, you can run configure anyway within your custom command prompt. Change-Id: Ia9d7dd5f42f3d497ee58188d69b37a3d07fa54ae Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io> (cherry picked from commit a2fc398d1d7dd17d536de47b72ee1ee93064aeb5) Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>
-rw-r--r--doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc
index 60f0ebda..794778c3 100644
--- a/doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@
REM Set up Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, where <arch> is amd64, x86, etc.
CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" <arch>
SET _ROOT=C:\Qt\\1\Src
- SET PATH=%_ROOT%\qtbase\bin;%PATH%
+ SET PATH=%_ROOT%;%PATH%
SET _ROOT=
\endcode
@@ -963,7 +963,10 @@
\section1 Step 4: Build the Qt Library
To configure the Qt library for your machine type, run the
- \c{configure.bat} script in the source directory.
+ \c{configure.bat} script in the source directory. Alternatively, if you have
+ already completed Step 3, you may double-click on the desktop link you created,
+ and type \c{configure} and start configuring the Qt library in your selected
+ directory.
By default, Qt is configured for installation in the
\c{C:\Program Files\Qt} directory, but this can be