Details
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Bug
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Resolution: Done
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P3: Somewhat important
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2.3.4
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None
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While upgrading both Qt and Visual Studio to the latest version I have to convert all of my solutions. The error message is frequently encountered while undertaking such work and is infuriatingly lacking in information. General good design guidelines for any error message should be to include more information than simply stating that an error occurred. A simple omission of obvious detail can waste time for all of us as we struggle to figure out what on earth that error was all about. In this case checking each project in a list of say 60 such projects simply because the error message didn't say which project it pertained to.While upgrading both Qt and Visual Studio to the latest version I have to convert all of my solutions. The error message is frequently encountered while undertaking such work and is infuriatingly lacking in information. General good design guidelines for any error message should be to include more information than simply stating that an error occurred. A simple omission of obvious detail can waste time for all of us as we struggle to figure out what on earth that error was all about. In this case checking each project in a list of say 60 such projects simply because the error message didn't say which project it pertained to.
Description
The Qt visual studio plugin will cause the build to stop and an error message to be displayed if any project in the solution does not have the Qt project settings set correctly such that there is no Qt version assigned for the project. This is of course a very reasonable error. HOWEVER in a solution with a large number of sub projects it would be beneficial useful to see which project was in error. The wording of the error message is completely unhelpful and is obviously suffering from a mistaken impression that we all write hello world applications which really is not a true reflection of reality! After observing this error message I find myself having to inspect the Qt project settings of perhaps every project in the solution in order to locate and correct the offender. There can be many dozens of these so it wastes a considerable amount of time. If the plugin were to simply add the name of the offending project then the error message would be more useful and helpful.
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Issue Links
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QTVSADDINBUG-740 Improve feedback to user
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- Closed
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