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  1. Qt Visual Studio Tools
  2. QTVSADDINBUG-1226

Exception thrown when trying to convert a *.vcxproj to a Qt/MSBuild project

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Not Evaluated
    • 3.3.0
    • 3.2.0
    • General
    • Windows 10 22H2, Visual Studio 2022

    Description

      Code
      CMakeLists.txt

      cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
project(HelloWorld LANGUAGES CXX)

add_executable(HelloWorld
    main.cpp
)

       

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Use CMake to convert the attached project to a Visual Studio Solution. For example : cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -B sln .
      2. Open HelloWorld.sln with Visual Studio 2022 (which has Qt VS Tools installed)
      3. Try to convert the project to a Qt/MSBuild project

       

      Outcomes
      Conversion fails with the following exception:

      An exception (NullReferenceException) occurred.
Message:
   Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Stack Trace:
   at QtVsTools.Core.MsBuild.MsBuildProjectReaderWriter.<>c.<get_Globals>b__23_0(XElement x)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at QtVsTools.Core.MsBuild.MsBuildProjectReaderWriter.get_Globals()
   at QtVsTools.Core.MsBuild.MsBuildProjectReaderWriter.V3FormatVersion()
   at QtVsTools.Core.MsBuild.MsBuildProjectReaderWriter.ConvertToV3()

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        3. VSProjectTest.zip
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