From 60096814b43247876f91a587a3fa6b627efb8de7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Hartmann <thomas.hartmann@qt.io>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:47:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] QmlProject: Add warning for old projects

Task-number: QDS-13705
Change-Id: Ief8af59611d71e46bf6cfa5fd171e759c5c82fdc
Reviewed-by: Jarko Vihriala <jarko.vihriala@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Pranta Ghosh Dastider <pranta.dastider@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Tim Jenssen <tim.jenssen@qt.io>
---
 .../qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectexporter/cmakewriter.cpp  | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectexporter/cmakewriter.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectexporter/cmakewriter.cpp
index 83f956e0313..050097f6514 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectexporter/cmakewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectexporter/cmakewriter.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ CMakeWriter::Ptr CMakeWriter::create(CMakeGenerator *parent)
     if (float version = versionString.toFloat(&ok); ok && version > 4.4)
         return std::make_unique<CMakeWriterV1>(parent);
 
+    CMakeGenerator::logIssue(
+        ProjectExplorer::Task::Warning,
+        "The project was created with a Qt Design Studio version earlier than Qt Design Studio "
+        "4.5. Due to limitations of the project structure in earlier Qt Design Studio versions, "
+        "the resulting application might not display all the assets. Referring to "
+        "assets between different QML modules does not work in the compiled application.",
+        buildSystem->projectFilePath());
+
     return std::make_unique<CMakeWriterV0>(parent);
 }