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The Qt VS Tools version 2.3.1 has now been released to the Visual Studio Marketplace. Important changes include: Debug QML programs in the Visual Studio IDE (introduced in the development release v2.3.0) Ahead-of-time compilation of QML files using the Qt Quick Compiler (introduced in the development release v2.3.0) Support for Visual Studio 2019 Fixes for […]

We have enabled an improved ability to add new device creation targets to existing Qt releases outside of Qt release schedules. In practice this means, that Qt for Device Creation license holders can find additional embedded target support packages under their Qt Account downloads, additionally to those available under Qt Online Installer and Maintenance tool. […]

A new development release of the Qt VS Tools, version 2.3.0, is now available to download in the the Qt download page. Important changes include: Debug QML programs in the Visual Studio IDE Ahead-of-time compilation of QML files using the Qt Quick Compiler For details of what is included in this version, please refer to […]

The next release of the Qt Visual Studio Tools, v2.3.0, will allow debugging of QML applications in Visual Studio. It will be possible to set breakpoints in QML files and step through the execution of QML code. While in break mode, it will be possible to watch variables and change their values, as well as […]

We have released the Qt VS Tools version 2.2.0. Important changes include: New approach to integration with VS, based on MSBuild Optimized performance Parallel execution of moc, rcc and uic Support for Universal Windows projects For details of what is included in this version, please refer to the change log. The installation package is available […]

In the last post, we discussed a new approach to design time and build time integration of external tools in Visual Studio using MSBuild rules and targets. This will be included in the upcoming release of version 2.2 of the Qt VS Tools. In this post, we will discuss the performance improvements that are also […]

As mentioned in a previous post, we have been working on a new official release of the Qt Visual Studio Tools. Ahead of this release, we would like to present some key changes and what impact they will have in usability and performance. In this post, we describe a new approach to the integration of […]

After some time working on the integration with Visual Studio 2017, we would now like to make the current status of this work in progress available to users of VS 2017. We have released a new beta of the Qt Visual Studio Tools, corresponding to version 2.1.2. It is available in the Visual Studio Marketplace […]

While working on the Qt Visual Studio tools, I had to think about how to locally perform and test the update process for extensions. As already known to most Visual Studio users, the IDE provides a way to setup your own private extension gallery. To do so, one has to open the Visual Studio Tools | […]

Today we are releasing Qt Visual Studio Tools 2.0. This is mainly a release moving the functionality of the old Visual Studio Add-In to newer versions of Visual Studio. In addition to some minor bug fixes the Qt Visual Studio Tools now support Visual Studio 2013 and Visual Studio 2015. The commercial version of the […]