How do I create a simple Qt console application in C++?

Question

I was trying to create a simple console application to try out Qt\'s XML parser. I started a project in VS2008 and got this template:

int main(int argc, char         


        

Answer 1

You could fire an event into the quit() slot of your application even without connect(). This way, the event-loop does at least one turn and should process the events within your main()-logic:

#include 
#include 

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication app( argc, argv );

    // do your thing, once

    QTimer::singleShot( 0, &app, &QCoreApplication::quit );
    return app.exec();
}

Don't forget to place CONFIG += console in your .pro-file, or set consoleApplication: true in your .qbs Project.CppApplication.