Appveyor - Compiling static qt5.10 application (with openssl and qml webview) - qt

I'm trying to set up autobuild appveyor on my Qt project.
My app is using qt5.10.1, with qml and openSSL features.
I'm lost... I didn't know from where to start :/
# 1:
I found some examples of .apveyor.yml config files, but they are all using mingw32 compilator which do not allow me to use qml webview module (why)... I didn't find what I have to write in my appveyor config file to compile my app with msv2017 where is the compilator ?
Actually, my appveyor.yml looks like that (I try to do as QtCreator is doing on my local computer but it's not working)
image: Visual Studio 2017
branches:
only:
- master
install:
- set QTDIR=C:\Qt\5.10.1\msvc2017_64
- set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;C:\Qt\Tools\mingw530_32\bin;%PATH%;
build_script:
- qmake app/QRegovar.pro -spec win32-msvc
- qmake_all
- C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\jom.exe -f Makefile.Release
deploy:
- provider: GitHub
artifact: C:/projects/qregovar
draft: true
prerelease: false
on:
branch: master
appveyor_repo_tag: true
And it's failling with the following error:
Build started
git clone -q --branch=master https://github.com/REGOVAR/QRegovar.git C:\projects\qregovar
git checkout -qf 7357eb2adab349c4de9e0b346dc99027964ea5a5
Running Install scripts
set QTDIR=C:\Qt\5.10.1\msvc2017_64
set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;C:\Qt\Tools\mingw530_32\bin;%PATH%;
qmake app/QRegovar.pro -spec win32-msvc
Project ERROR: Cannot run compiler 'cl'. Output:
===================
===================
Maybe you forgot to setup the environment?
Command exited with code 3
# 2:
I'm also wondering if appveyor is using qt static build ? As I would like to create "ready to use" package for the user ?

I'm using CMake, but I guess the trick is to setup 'cl' compiler into PATH, so qmake is able to find it.
In sample appveyor scripts the main build script is '.\qtmodules-travis\ci\win\build.bat'. This script will check/use AppVeyor matrix-defined variable for platform (line 7+) and then the script define VC_DIR etc.
And on the end is invoking script referred by you 'build-msvc.bat' where is invoked:
call %VC_DIR% %VC_VARSALL% || exit /B 1
QtCreator will do the setup for you (you are using Kits...)
When you are building in clean command line, you should do 'vcvarsXXX.bat call yourself before 'qmake' call.
In my opinion AppVeyor doesn't trigger this call for you, because developer may wish different build env. setup (e.g. x86, x64, arm etc.). It's your choice. Actually this is the hint as well when you start 'Qt command line' on your PC from start menu (it call 'C:\Qt\5.11.0\msvc2017_64\bit\qtenv2.bat' shell setup script)

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We have Xamarin.Forms solution with iOS and UWP projects. We use Azure pipelines to build the iOS project. Until yesterday everything was working fine.
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Solution:
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inputs:
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configuration: 'Release'
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Project "/Users/runner/work/1/s/App.sln" on node 1 (Restore target(s)).
ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
Building solution configuration "Release|Any CPU".
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/lib/mono/msbuild/Current/bin/NuGet.targets(315,5): warning : Skipping restore for project '/Users/runner/work/1/s/App/App.UWP/App.UWP.csproj'. The project file may be invalid or missing targets required for restore. [/Users/runner/work/1/s/App.sln]
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error NETSDK1004: Assets file
'/Users/runner/work/1/s/../obj/project.assets.json' not found. Run a
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Updated Answer
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Both in MSBuild#1 and XamariniOS#2 tasks
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"
- task: MSBuild#1
inputs:
solution: 'PathToIosProject/myproject.iOS.csproj'
configuration: '$(BuildConfiguration)'
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" - task: XamariniOS#2
inputs:
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signingIdentity: $(APPLE_CERTIFICATE_SIGNING_IDENTITY)
Old Answer
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I am trying to set up Qt 5.1 with MS Visual Studio 2012 compiler. I have downloaded and installed the VS Express (it works and compiles C++ code just fine) and then installed Qt.
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09:07:14: Running steps for project cube...
09:07:14: Starting: "C:\Qt\Qt5.1.0\5.1.0\msvc2012_64\bin\qmake.exe" C:\Qt\Qt5.0.2\5.0.2\msvc2012_64\examples\opengl\cube\cube.pro -r -spec win32-msvc2012 "CONFIG+=debug" "CONFIG+=declarative_debug" "CONFIG+=qml_debug"
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nmake compatible options:
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/E override environment variable macros
/F <filename> use the specified makefile
/G display included makefiles
/H show help
/I ignore all exit codes
/K keep going - build unrelated targets on error
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09:07:15: Elapsed time: 00:01.
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Thanks
... And there's nothing that helps you figure out the problem better than writing it down and then starting at the post.
The "/L-IC:/QNX650/target/qnx6/usr/include" actually tells me that QNX SDK installed on my machine is messing with my environment variables. Luckily, Qt has a way of dealing with that. I need to go to Projects tab, expand the "build environment" section and unset the "MAKEFLAGS" environment variable. This fixes it.

Getting an empty window while Deploying a QML Desktop application on Windows

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May be you forgot deploy QML files to exe? (qrc)
Simple way to test it is copy folde with qml-files to destination near exe file
UPD:
Please read Qt Resource System article
I.e.:
First need add new "Resource File" in project menu,
Then place all of your qml files into this resource file
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viewer->setSource(QUrl("qrc:/main.qml"));
One possible solution is to enable warnings by running the command
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