QVTKWidget error when linking Qt with VTK

Question

I'm having the famous linking error when trying to combine Qt and VTK. I've done all the steps of installing Qt with VTK correctly so I don't know what could possibly be wrong.

I'm using windows 8 with Qt5 and VTK 6.3 on visual studio.

Here is the error I get:

Drawing.obj : error LNK2019: symbole externe non résolu "__declspec(dllimport) public: __thiscall QVTKWidget::QVTKWidget(class QWidget *,class QFlags<enum Qt::WindowType>)" (__imp_??0QVTKWidget@@QAE@PAVQWidget@@V?$QFlags@W4WindowType@Qt@@@@@Z) référencé dans la fonction "public: __thiscall Drawing::Drawing(void)" (??0Drawing@@QAE@XZ)
1>Drawing.obj : error LNK2019: symbole externe non résolu "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __thiscall QVTKWidget::~QVTKWidget(void)" (__imp_??1QVTKWidget@@UAE@XZ) référencé dans la fonction "public: __thiscall Drawing::~Drawing(void)" (??1Drawing@@QAE@XZ)

And here is the code I use:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    QVtk w;
    w.show();
    //start();
    return a.exec();
}

I followed everything that was written here: Combining Qt 5.4.1 with vtk 6.2.0 (using CMake GUI 3.2.1) on windows but somehow I get this error.

Also, I've added: $(QTDIR)\lib to my additional libraries $(QTDIR)\include to my "other include directories" and the followings to my additional dependencies.

qtmaind.lib
C:\Users\Lonni\VTK\Build2012Qt\lib\MinSizeRel\QVTKWidgetPlugin.lib
Qt5Cored.lib
Qt5Guid.lib
Qt5Locationd.lib
Qt5Multimediad.lib
Qt5MultimediaWidgetsd.lib
Qt5Testd.lib
Qt5AxContainerd.lib
Qt5AxBased.lib
Qt5OpenGLd.lib
opengl32.lib
glu32.lib
Qt5Sensorsd.lib
Qt5Svgd.lib
Qt5Widgetsd.lib

EDIT:

I did not use CMake for the project as I have issues when using Cmake even with the small example provided on the wiki which gives the following error with the following CMakeLists.txt. NB: I use Visual Studio as a generator.

CMakeLists:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

if(POLICY CMP0020)
  cmake_policy(SET CMP0020 NEW)
endif()

PROJECT(RenderWindowNoUiFile)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "6" AND VTK_QT_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4")
  # Instruct CMake to run moc automatically when needed.
  set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
  find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED QUIET)
else()
  find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
  include(${QT_USE_FILE})
endif()

include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})

file(GLOB UI_FILES *.ui)
file(GLOB QT_WRAP *.h)
file(GLOB CXX_FILES *.cxx)

if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "6" AND VTK_QT_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4")
  qt5_wrap_ui(UISrcs ${UI_FILES} )
  # CMAKE_AUTOMOC in ON so the MocHdrs will be automatically wrapped.
  add_executable(RenderWindowNoUiFile MACOSX_BUNDLE
    ${CXX_FILES} ${UISrcs} ${QT_WRAP})
  qt5_use_modules(RenderWindowNoUiFile Core Gui)
  target_link_libraries(RenderWindowNoUiFile ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else()
  QT4_WRAP_UI(UISrcs ${UI_FILES})
  QT4_WRAP_CPP(MOCSrcs ${QT_WRAP})
  add_executable(RenderWindowNoUiFile MACOSX_BUNDLE ${CXX_FILES} ${UISrcs} ${MOCSrcs})

  if(VTK_LIBRARIES)
    if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "6")
      target_link_libraries(RenderWindowNoUiFile ${VTK_LIBRARIES} QVTK)
    else()
      target_link_libraries(RenderWindowNoUiFile ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
    endif()
  else()
    target_link_libraries(RenderWindowNoUiFile vtkHybrid QVTK vtkViews ${QT_LIBRARIES})
  endif()
endif()

Error: CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake/share/cmake-3.2/Modules/FindQt4.cmake:1326 (message): Found unsuitable Qt version "" from NOTFOUND, this code requires Qt 4.x Call Stack (most recent call first): CMakeLists.txt:18 (find_package)

Can you run this example project? http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/Qt/RenderWindowNoUiFile — asdfasdf, Jul 02 '15 at 19:49
No I can't cause the CMakeList is giving me weird errors. It's trying to get Qt4 even though I have Qt5 — LBes, Jul 03 '15 at 08:47
Still stuck here. There is no way of running even the simple example you've given (see edit) and I still get the linking error in visual studio. — LBes, Jul 07 '15 at 09:58
The right thing to do is almost never to not use CMake. You need to set QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE to the qmake binary of the version of Qt you want to use for CMake to use the version you want it to use. — David Doria, Jul 07 '15 at 13:42
I have tried that but I still get the same error. The QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE was in the advanced tab so I didn't see it at first but now I have it and it still doesn't work — LBes, Jul 07 '15 at 14:24
In your CMake example, enable Advanced (in the CMake GUI) and set VTK_QT_VERSION to 5. I think that's the error message you're getting. — Blito, Jul 11 '15 at 01:50

QVTKWidget error when linking Qt with VTK

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