title: How to integrate Qt into an existing C++ project
body: <p>I am in the process of teaching myself C++. I have completed many tutorials, which have all been console projects and I've been using Visual Studio Community 2019 for those. Now I started to work on a project for a colleague that should parse his inbox for specific mails and summarize their contents.</p>
  
  <p>The underlying code for the parsing is already working, now I want to create a simple UI to show the data and most people seem to suggest Qt for that job. So I also did some tutorials about Qt, which all feature the Qt Creator.</p>
  
  <p>Now I don't mind the Qt creator, I just would like to continue my project on Visual Studio since I'm already quite familiar with it. I have added the Qt VS Tools to my Visual Studio and I have done the steps described in this thread: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4028604/add-qt-to-existing-visual-studio-c-project">add Qt to existing Visual Studio c++ project</a> But now I'm at a complete loss as to how I need to continue and I can't seem to find anything on how to proceed.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to convert my project to a Qt application at all or do I have to start from scratch? How do I show Qt-generated windows without using the Qt creator? I think I need to use the QMake tool to do some of that, but I can't even figure out how I would do that... </p>
  
  <p>Can anyone give me a detailed guide on how I should proceed or link me to one?</p>