How do I keep my Qt C++ program from opening a console in Windows?

Question

I\'m making an application in Qt Creator, with cmake and MinGW as compiler. I\'ve seen this question being answered for other people, but they used regular Qt projects with .pro

Answer 1

I had the same issue, but solved it by adding:

#CMakeLists.txt
# ... some text (like finding QT)

LINK_LIBRARIES(${QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY})

# ... and then

ADD_EXECUTABLE(my_qt_project WIN32 ... )

If I don't use LINK_LIBRARIES(${QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY}) I get error:

error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup