CMake: Qt Project to CLion with MSVC 2017

Question

I'm having a project in Qt Creator and I'm trying to port it into CLion but I found myself blocked into some problems. If any of you could help me to port this CMake project I would really appreciate it.

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Qt Creator

So, here is my setup for the Qt Creator project first:

Qt: 5.14.2

Compiler: MSVC 2017 64-bits

Also, here are my custom paths and my build environment:

Also, the build (install) time in Qt Creator takes around 20-30minutes.

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CLion

Now in terms of CLion and what I've tried here are the following.

and in terms of setting up the CMake:

I've also added the paths into Environment Variables from CLion

But the problem arises when I'm trying to compile the project. I'm going to install the project via Build -> Install

After that, I need to wait for around 1h or more(even if in Qt Creator is going to take just 20-30min) to a point where the build will fail and I will receive the following error message

MASM : fatal error A1000: cannot open file : 4 [C:\PRJOJECT_NAME\build_clion\components\extern_crashpad\crashpad\util\crashpad_util.vcxproj]

but if I'm searching for that file, it exists in that folder which is specified. But the problem is that I don't understand why the same project if build with Qt Creator is working but not vice versa. Could any of you help me to understand what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

It looks like QT Creator is using Ninja as a generator and CLion is using MSVC.

Try -G Ninja in your CLion CMake Options text box. Make sure Ninja is in a path accessible by CMake.