From 947617ef37e3e93d5edb5aaac2bbfd1d26aeaabe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: talksik <patel.arjun50@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 16:34:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] create powershell script for running qt app on windows

---
 ui/main.cpp |  2 +-
 ui/run.ps1  | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 ui/run.ps1

diff --git a/ui/main.cpp b/ui/main.cpp
index a4dfbc9..f9220fd 100644
--- a/ui/main.cpp
+++ b/ui/main.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    qDebug() << "Hello world";
+    qDebug() << "Hello test";
 
     QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
 
diff --git a/ui/run.ps1 b/ui/run.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddae075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/run.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# 1. Define variables
+$BuildDir = "build"
+$Config = "Debug"
+
+# 2. Create the build directory if it doesn't exist
+if (-not (Test-Path $BuildDir)) {
+    New-Item -Path $BuildDir -ItemType Directory
+}
+
+# 3. Configure the project
+# This is equivalent to 'cmake -B build -S .'
+cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:\Users\arjun\Qt\6.8.6\msvc2022_64" -S . -B $BuildDir
+
+# 4. Build the project
+# This works regardless of the generator (Visual Studio, Ninja, etc.)
+cmake --build $BuildDir --config $Config
+
+$env:Path += ";C:\Users\arjun\Qt\6.8.6\msvc2022_64\bin"
+Write-Host "Build Complete!" -ForegroundColor Green
+
+Start-Process "$BuildDir\appllink.exe" -WorkingDirectory $BuildDir
+