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  • VRoninV Offline
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    VRonin
    wrote on last edited by
    #2

    http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/deployment.html#platform-specific-notes

    "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
    ~Napoleon Bonaparte

    On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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    • tomyT Offline
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      tomy
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      #3

      Thank you for your answer. But there may be a misunderstanding! My purpose is sending that executable file (My_First_Calculator.exe) for others to use the app. I can send it now but the problem is the .dll files. I want to make the work easy for them. Of course if I also send the .dll files with .exe they can, like me, put all in a folder and without any further work, use and enjoy it.

      I want that when they have the .exe file (My_First_Calculator.exe), they copy a copy of it on the Windows desktop and use it.

      I don't know I could convey my intention appropriately or not. :(

      And about that link, I saw it, it seems to be an instruction for commercial of large applications, but my one, isn't such. I even don't know whether I ran my app in release mode or debug mode.
      :(
      I got confused by context of that link.

      Please guide me by walking through the simplest way.
      This is my first app in Qt for sharing.

      http://uploads.im/2rWAn.jpg

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      • cpperC Offline
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        #4

        Looks like I had the same question some months ago: Take a look here .

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        • dheerendraD Offline
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          dheerendra
          Qt Champions 2022
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          #5

          This link should help you.
          http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/windows-deployment.html#static-linking

          Dheerendra
          @Community Service
          Certified Qt Specialist
          http://www.pthinks.com

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          • tomyT tomy

            Thank you for your answer. But there may be a misunderstanding! My purpose is sending that executable file (My_First_Calculator.exe) for others to use the app. I can send it now but the problem is the .dll files. I want to make the work easy for them. Of course if I also send the .dll files with .exe they can, like me, put all in a folder and without any further work, use and enjoy it.

            I want that when they have the .exe file (My_First_Calculator.exe), they copy a copy of it on the Windows desktop and use it.

            I don't know I could convey my intention appropriately or not. :(

            And about that link, I saw it, it seems to be an instruction for commercial of large applications, but my one, isn't such. I even don't know whether I ran my app in release mode or debug mode.
            :(
            I got confused by context of that link.

            Please guide me by walking through the simplest way.
            This is my first app in Qt for sharing.

            http://uploads.im/2rWAn.jpg

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            ambershark
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            @tomy Yea it sounds like you want static linking. However, be aware that you need a commerical license (last time I checked) for static linking to Qt.

            So I would definitely not distribute a static linked binary unless you have a commercial license or risk some serious legal ramifications.

            The other way to do it is use the windows deployment tool.

            http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/windows-deployment.html#the-windows-deployment-tool

            My L-GPL'd C++ Logger github.com/ambershark-mike/sharklog

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            • cpperC cpper

              Looks like I had the same question some months ago: Take a look here .

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              tomy
              wrote on last edited by
              #7

              @cpper

              Looks like I had the same question some months ago: Take a look here .

              I read your link. And also went to the links there they were provided. And tried to go through a path and make my app ready for sending. But the result was completely awful. I became really confused by those many complicated and complex contents. :(
              Whatever I tried to find a way for my app, I couldn't. :(

              What about you? Could you share your app as you wanted? If so, please tell me what steps are needed, or how could you do it?

              @dheerendra

              This link should help you.
              http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/windows-deployment.html#static-linking

              I could find windeployqt.exe in this path
              C:\Qt\Qt5.5.1\5.5\mingw492_32\bin\windeployqt.exe
              (remember please that I used Qt Creator for creating the app)
              And also I created a release mode of the app. And now I have two folders named
              build-My_First_Calculator-Desktop-Release which contains a release folder with some files inside it. I then, went to that path (release folder) by a command line and pasted the path to windeployqt.exe. I don't know now how to add configure -static. However I type it, the command line gets an error!

              I also collected some .dll files as follows and put them in a same folder with My_First_Calculator.exe (from release folder). That .exe files is much smaller in size compared to the .exe file of the debug folder.

              libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll
              libwinpthread-1.dll
              Qt5Cored.dll
              Qt5Guid.dll
              libstdc++-6.dll
              Qt5Gui.dll
              Qt5Widgetsd.dll

              Now what should I do?
              It does not matter that I go through a hundred steps, but just guide me step-by-step, I will do it.

              @ambershark

              @tomy Yea it sounds like you want static linking. However, be aware that you need a commerical license (last time I checked) for static linking to Qt.

              What does that mean please?
              It was me who wrote the code and have the source code. I think if someone else, wants to use it (without getting permission from me) he/she should get a licence for it. Or maybe there is some misunderstanding for me (because it's the first time I do it).

              So I would definitely not distribute a static linked binary unless you have a commercial license or risk some serious legal ramifications.

              Would you please shortly say what do you mean by this, in some works? I would be grateful.

              The other way to do it is use the windows deployment tool.

              http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/windows-deployment.html#the-windows-deployment-tool

              As I said, I saw all of these, but the problem is, for a newcomer of Qt (I have just read two chapters of the official book on Qt 4.x) they are very complicated and seems complex.

              What I need is only a step-by-step solution. Thanks.

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              • mrjjM Offline
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                mrjj
                Lifetime Qt Champion
                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                I also liked the info here
                http://www.tripleboot.org/?p=138

                There is a thing to understand
                for a Release Build use the DLLS with NO "d" in name

                This for debug build. Notice the D

                Qt5Widgetsd.dll

                Please do NOT mix release and debug dlls. :)

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                • mrjjM mrjj

                  I also liked the info here
                  http://www.tripleboot.org/?p=138

                  There is a thing to understand
                  for a Release Build use the DLLS with NO "d" in name

                  This for debug build. Notice the D

                  Qt5Widgetsd.dll

                  Please do NOT mix release and debug dlls. :)

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                  tomy
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  @mrjj
                  In my folder (that .exe and .dll files exist) there are also other ended to d file names as well.
                  Qt5Cored.dll
                  Qt5Guid.dll

                  So I first delete those ones from the folder and remain it alone. Then I start reading the link until the comments. And if there is something not clear for me, I will ask here again.
                  Thanks.

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                  • tomyT tomy

                    @mrjj
                    In my folder (that .exe and .dll files exist) there are also other ended to d file names as well.
                    Qt5Cored.dll
                    Qt5Guid.dll

                    So I first delete those ones from the folder and remain it alone. Then I start reading the link until the comments. And if there is something not clear for me, I will ask here again.
                    Thanks.

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                    mrjj
                    Lifetime Qt Champion
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    @tomy
                    Those with d is debug version.
                    Normally you only make deployment folders for Release version but
                    a debug version is also possible. Just dont mix it :)

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                    • mrjjM mrjj

                      @tomy
                      Those with d is debug version.
                      Normally you only make deployment folders for Release version but
                      a debug version is also possible. Just dont mix it :)

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                      tomy
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #11

                      @mrjj
                      Thanks.

                      What I have done are as follows:
                      1- I read the instructions carefully and on a virtual machine (Win 10 x64) created a folder named test. Then I went to the path C:\Qt\Qt5.5.1\5.5\mingw492_32 (on my real machine, a Windows 7 x64) .
                      2- Then I copied 10 .dll files from there into the test folder of virtual machine.
                      3- There are two .exe files on my system. One of the Debug mode with size about 1.4MB and one for the release mode wih size about 49KB. (Very smaller)
                      Since we need the release files I copied that .exe files into the test folder.
                      4- Then I double clicked on that file (in the test folder) but an error was shown up. I clicked on OK button of the error message and another error!

                      http://uploads.im/HJ3nO.jpg
                      http://uploads.im/OEXcL.jpg

                      My questions:
                      Why do I get these errors?
                      Consider the .exe file works well there, OK, so what is the rest of the process?

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                      • mrjjM Offline
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                        mrjj
                        Lifetime Qt Champion
                        wrote on last edited by mrjj
                        #12

                        Hi
                        As should be clear from the link,
                        you need sub folder too called
                        platforms and dll in there.
                        alt text

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                        • mrjjM mrjj

                          Hi
                          As should be clear from the link,
                          you need sub folder too called
                          platforms and dll in there.
                          alt text

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                          tomy
                          wrote on last edited by tomy
                          #13

                          @mrjj

                          Hi
                          As should be clear from the link,
                          you need sub folder too called

                          Hi,
                          What sub folder do you mean?
                          Where my Qt projects are stored there are My_First_Calculator, build-My_First_Calculator-Desktop-Debug and build-My_First_Calculator-Desktop-Release folders.

                          platforms and dll in there.

                          All the mentioned .dll files are pasted into the test folder (as shown in the images above).
                          And what platforms?

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                          • tomyT tomy

                            @mrjj

                            Hi
                            As should be clear from the link,
                            you need sub folder too called

                            Hi,
                            What sub folder do you mean?
                            Where my Qt projects are stored there are My_First_Calculator, build-My_First_Calculator-Desktop-Debug and build-My_First_Calculator-Desktop-Release folders.

                            platforms and dll in there.

                            All the mentioned .dll files are pasted into the test folder (as shown in the images above).
                            And what platforms?

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                            mrjj
                            Lifetime Qt Champion
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #14

                            @tomy

                            inside test, you must have platforms
                            and inside platforms u must have the dll as shown and written in the link / picture.

                            So your test folder is the deployment folder.

                            the
                            build-My_First_Calculator-Desktop-Debug and
                            build-My_First_Calculator-Desktop-Release
                            are the build folders.

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                            • tomyT Offline
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                              tomy
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #15

                              I got it. :)

                              I created a folder named platforms inside test and copied the qwindows into it. Now the app works well. Thanks so much.

                              This step is finished. Now the main goal. How to make one .exe file or installer file or whatsoever, for publishing the app to others please?

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                              • tomyT tomy

                                I got it. :)

                                I created a folder named platforms inside test and copied the qwindows into it. Now the app works well. Thanks so much.

                                This step is finished. Now the main goal. How to make one .exe file or installer file or whatsoever, for publishing the app to others please?

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                                mrjj
                                Lifetime Qt Champion
                                wrote on last edited by mrjj
                                #16

                                @tomy said in How to publish an app:

                                How to make one .exe file or installer file or whatsoever, for publishing the app to others please?

                                There are many install makers.

                                I like this one
                                http://www.innosetup.com/isinfo.php
                                for windows deployment

                                but Qt also have its own
                                http://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/

                                That works cross platform etc.

                                So use what ever fit the goal.

                                This one i have been told is epic easy
                                http://installforge.net/features/
                                but I have not tested that claim.

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                                • mrjjM mrjj

                                  @tomy said in How to publish an app:

                                  How to make one .exe file or installer file or whatsoever, for publishing the app to others please?

                                  There are many install makers.

                                  I like this one
                                  http://www.innosetup.com/isinfo.php
                                  for windows deployment

                                  but Qt also have its own
                                  http://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/

                                  That works cross platform etc.

                                  So use what ever fit the goal.

                                  This one i have been told is epic easy
                                  http://installforge.net/features/
                                  but I have not tested that claim.

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                                  tomy
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #17

                                  @mrjj
                                  Thank you. I went for Qt's one. I'm in Setting up Qt Installer Framework.
                                  There it says:
                                  "Clone the Qt Installer Framework source code from http://code.qt.io/cgit/installer-framework/installer-framework.git/ to get the sources for the tools."
                                  And when I go to there and click on clones at the bottom of the page, nothing will be done.

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                                  • tomyT tomy

                                    @mrjj
                                    Thank you. I went for Qt's one. I'm in Setting up Qt Installer Framework.
                                    There it says:
                                    "Clone the Qt Installer Framework source code from http://code.qt.io/cgit/installer-framework/installer-framework.git/ to get the sources for the tools."
                                    And when I go to there and click on clones at the bottom of the page, nothing will be done.

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                                    mrjj
                                    Lifetime Qt Champion
                                    wrote on last edited by mrjj
                                    #18

                                    @tomy
                                    well that do not work anymore as far as i know.
                                    You must use a git client.

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                                      tomy
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #19

                                      I found this page but there are only codes there seemingly. Is a git a tool/program to use it for making the installer? If so, where to download it?

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                                      • tomyT tomy

                                        I found this page but there are only codes there seemingly. Is a git a tool/program to use it for making the installer? If so, where to download it?

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                                        mrjj
                                        Lifetime Qt Champion
                                        wrote on last edited by mrjj
                                        #20

                                        @tomy
                                        GIT is the world most used tool for source code revision control.
                                        It will download the source code.

                                        https://backlogtool.com/git-guide/en/
                                        http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/

                                        Make sure u understand what it is. you just need it for download.

                                        But are u sure u need to build it ?
                                        Its include in the installer.
                                        (0_1485786277438_upload-cc10dcf6-f7bf-4788-9209-08486bb74a0a

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                                        • mrjjM mrjj

                                          @tomy
                                          GIT is the world most used tool for source code revision control.
                                          It will download the source code.

                                          https://backlogtool.com/git-guide/en/
                                          http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/

                                          Make sure u understand what it is. you just need it for download.

                                          But are u sure u need to build it ?
                                          Its include in the installer.
                                          (0_1485786277438_upload-cc10dcf6-f7bf-4788-9209-08486bb74a0a

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                                          tomy
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #21

                                          @mrjj said in How to publish an app:

                                          @tomy
                                          GIT is the world most used tool for source code revision control.
                                          It will download the source code.

                                          https://backlogtool.com/git-guide/en/
                                          http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/

                                          Make sure u understand what it is. you just need it for download.

                                          Honestly I don't know what it is but something to make an installer for my app :)

                                          But are u sure u need to build it ?

                                          I can't remember if I downloaded it at the times of downloading and installing Qt Creatro or not. If it's installed perhaps, where to find it?

                                          Its include in the installer.
                                          (0_1485786277438_upload-cc10dcf6-f7bf-4788-9209-08486bb74a0a

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