We even have an option in the VS Tools: https://doc.qt.io/qtvstools/qtvstools-how-to-embed-natvis-files.html
On 24. Feb 2025, at 09:20, Marcus Tillmanns <marcus.tillma...@qt.io> wrote: So we should include the natvis with our Qt Installations, and then link them into the .pdb of the user application via some cmake magic I guess? Cheers, Marcus On 24. Feb 2025, at 09:05, Kai Köhne via Development <development@qt-project.org> wrote: Hi, this idea of 'embedding' was discussed a while ago, but seems to have major limitations: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-83396 Citing Olli: "I had a look at embedding the natvis files into Qt's pdb files and ran into https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/234531/natvis-in-pdb-is-only-applied-to-associated-dll-vs.html (there is a "Show comments" button on that page). Visualizers that are embedded into modules can only be used inside these modules. So Qt's visualizers can only be used if debugging Qt itself if they are embedded like that." Unless this is fixed in the meantime, embedding natvis files into Qt dll's seems therefore to be of very limited use. Kai ________________________________ From: Development <development-boun...@qt-project.org> on behalf of Giuseppe D'Angelo via Development <development@qt-project.org> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2025 21:56 To: development@qt-project.org <development@qt-project.org> Subject: Re: [Development] [Windows] State of the Qt6 natvis file Il 21/02/25 19:00, Philippe ha scritto: > /You can't just copy and use the file because of the "##NAMESPACE##:: > everywhere/ > You can find/replace this token all over the file. Easy and it works > (using Visual Studio). Considering PDB has support for embedding natvis files, they should be patched and embedded when building Qt itself. Alas, it seems that this isn't possible using CMake APIs, but maybe just passing the right options to the linker works...? https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/16874 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/natvis-add-natvis-to-pdb?view=msvc-170 I'd file a suggestion on the task tracker. Thanks, -- Giuseppe D'Angelo | giuseppe.dang...@kdab.com | Senior Software Engineer KDAB (France) S.A.S., a KDAB Group company Tel. France +33 (0)4 90 84 08 53, http://www.kdab.com<http://www.kdab.com/> KDAB - Trusted Software Excellence -- Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
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