Setting up icon for exe-files in qt 4.8.1

safrano

hello,

i try to set up an icon file for the exe file, but its not working. under windows.
i add
@
win32: RC_FILE += printer.rc
@

to printer.pro project file

and add a

printer.ico file
and a
printer.rc file with this line:

@
IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "robbie20_obj.ico"
@

the compiling error (under release and debug)

@
:-1: Error:[c:/.../printer_obj_res.o] Error 1
@
any idea why this occures?

thanks in advance

AcerExtensa

Why do you use DISCARDABLE declaration?
any way, you should show more line of compiler error. With just one line is hard to say something over then "you have an error in resources".

And why you use "robbie20_obj.ico" if you has added printer.ico?

safrano

hi,
DISCARDABLE because of here:

http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/appicon.html

yes, sry too much c&p

there is no robbie20_obj.ico, only printer.ico, i tried to copy and paste it out of an old orphan dead project.

@
windres: c:\Users\me\QT\printer\debug\printer_res.o: No such file or directory
mingw32-make.exe[1]: *** [c:/Users/me/QT/printer/debug/printer_res.o] Error 1
mingw32-make.exe: *** [debug] Error 2
11:30:37: Der Prozess "C:\QtSDK\mingw\bin\mingw32-make.exe" wurde mit dem Rückgabewert 2 beendet.
Fehler beim Erstellen des Projekts printer(Ziel: Desktop)
Bei der Ausführung von Build-Schritt 'Make'
@

AcerExtensa

It looks like windres can't find generated object file from .rc(?) or maybe generated object file from .h(?)... Maybe it is saved elsewhere then c:\Users\me\QT\printer\debug. Try to search for printer_res.o or maybe for printer.o

You can try to manually genereate object file from resource too:
@windres.exe printer.rc printer_res.o @
Try it

safrano

thanks
where do i find this exe.

a way for me to compile it is to compile it without the line
@
IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "robbie20_obj.ico"
@

and then i copy the
C:\Users\me\QT\printer-build-desktop-Qt_4_8_1_for_Desktop_-_MinGW__Qt_SDK__Release\release folder into

C:\Users\me\QT\printer

then add the line again and it works, but its not confortable for use, isn't there a nicer way?
like this it find all files it needs to compile.

AcerExtensa

Something is wrong with the paths in your Makefile. If it doesn't build with the shadow build, build it directly in printer folder.

windres.exe should be in the mingw bin path.

safrano

the point is that sometimes i build static release and sometimes during development, i build shared debug.

so everything in one folder would be chaos.
where can i check the makefile.
this error happens for both cases, static release and shared debug.

AcerExtensa

Just open your Makefile and check each executable command where.