Creating Projects

Once you have installed Qt VS Tools, you can search for and then select the following project templates in Visual Studio in File > New Project:

• Qt ActiveQt Server creates a simple ActiveX server.
• Qt Class Library creates a basic Qt-based dynamic library.
• Qt Console Application creates a basic Qt console application.
• Qt Designer Custom Widget creates a Qt Designer custom widget plugin.
• Qt Empty Application creates a an empty Qt application project.
• Qt Quick Application creates a Qt Quick application project.
• Qt Widgets Application creates a simple Qt widgets application with one form.

Each Qt project provides a wizard that allows you to specify the Qt modules required for your project. For some projects, the wizard will also generate a skeleton class or QML type instance that you can use to get started.

To start writing Qt code and building your projects, you must tell Visual Studio where to find the Qt version that you want to use.

The application tutorials contain examples of using the project templates:

• Tutorial: Qt Widgets Application
• Tutorial: Qt Quick Application