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  • SGaistS Offline
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    Why are you adding qt-installer-framework-opensource-2.0.1-x86 to your installer ?

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      Why are you adding qt-installer-framework-opensource-2.0.1-x86 to your installer ?

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      wrote on last edited by tomy
      #30

      @SGaist
      I hadn't used it until now and thought it should be probably added to there. I just guessed. :(

      OK, I will remove it from there.

      And what then please?

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        Are you following the tutorial here ?

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        • SGaistS SGaist

          Are you following the tutorial here ?

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          #32

          @SGaist

          Summary:

          I have a package_directory folder on my Windows Desktop with these sub-folders. The config.xml file contains this. The data subfolder contains the data.7z file. The meta subfolder contains a package.xml file with this content.

          following the link, I got to the Creating the Installer Binary where it says:
          On Windows:
          ....\bin\binarycreator.exe -c config\config.xml -p packages YourInstaller.exe

          Whatever I searched I didn't find a .exe file named binarycreator. After searching the Web, I downloaded QtInstallerFramework-win-x86.exe from here and installed it and finally could find that .exe file in path: C:\Qt\QtIFW2.0.3\bin\binarycreator.exe

          Now everything is ready to implement the command above. So by a command like I went to the path of package_directory on my Desktop and typed C:\Qt\QtIFW2.0.3\bin\binarycreator.exe -c config\config.xml -p packages YourInstaller.exe and hit Enter.

          The message of the command line, as stated in the following, is seemingly all about the package.xml file.

          0_1486717978694_upload-c042a463-6e2c-4cdf-98f6-3a42621bb960

          And no installer is created on my package_directory folder unfortunately. :(

          Would you please tell me how to solve this?

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            #33

            My last works:

            1- I changed the file config.xml to this.
            2- Created a licens.txt file on my Desktop and changed the file package.xml to this.

            3- Created a folder named Result on my Desktop and pasted the Cal.exe file from the Release folder onto it.
            4- Ran this command.

            Now what is the problem please?

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              Put the license in the same folder as your script.

              On a side note, you are using single backslashes in your path which mean you are escaping characters.

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              • SGaistS SGaist

                Put the license in the same folder as your script.

                On a side note, you are using single backslashes in your path which mean you are escaping characters.

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                wrote on last edited by tomy
                #35

                @SGaist

                @SGaist said in On the way of making an app installable:

                Put the license in the same folder as your script.

                Do you mean into the meta folder?

                On a side note, you are using single backslashes in your path which mean you are escaping characters.

                Do you mean that I should use double-backslashes for my paths, like below?

                C:\Qt\QtIFW2.0.3\bin\binarycreator.exe -c C:\Users\CS\Desktop\package_directory\config\config.xml -p C:\Users\CS\Desktop\package_directory\packages C:\Users\CS\Desktop\Result\Cal.exe

                It seems rather odd! (Each single backslash to be changed to a double-backslashes)

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                  In the same folder as package.xml

                  I mean again in package.xml. Don't mix command line and text file content.

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                    In the same folder as package.xml

                    I mean again in package.xml. Don't mix command line and text file content.

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                    wrote on last edited by tomy
                    #37

                    @SGaist
                    OK, I copied the license.txt onto the mate folder (where the package.xml exists).
                    And changed package.xml license section to this:

                    <Licenses>
                            <License name="Beer Public License Agreement" file="C:\\Users\\CS\\Desktop\\license.txt" />
                        </Licenses>
                    

                    And then ran the command.
                    Again the same result.
                    http://uploads.im/d2bNT.jpg

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                      If it's in the same folder then there's no need to put any path, just the file name

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                        wrote on last edited by tomy
                        #39

                        Thank you, it worked. :)

                        But one question and one issue!

                        The question: I'd changed the config.xml to this and package.xml to this.

                        When I ran the command line, I got an issue about the Name tag as follows:

                        [1] Warning: The <Name> tag in the 'C:/Users/CS/Desktop/package_directory/packag
                        es/com.vendor.product/meta/package.xml' is ignored - the installer uses the path
                        element right before the 'meta' ('com.vendor.product').
                        C:\Qt\QtIFW2.0.3\bin>

                        Should I ignore it? If not how to solve it, too, please?

                        The issue: The installer file exists in the Result folder on Desktop. When I install it and select a folder on Start Menu (say Accessories or Start Up) to have the shortcut of the program, no shortcut will be created or saved there!! :(

                        What is the reason for that problem and how should I solve it please?

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                          Fix the Name entry in your package.xml. It should be a domain-like identification.

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                            #41

                            I used com.vendor.product and it worked. Thank you. :)

                            Through helping I was said that I need a Script file called installscript.qs to be added to the same folder as package.xml (in meta folder) with these contents. And package.xml should also be changed to have the name of that Script.

                            I did these and ran the command again.
                            It created an unknown shortcut, with this error message.

                            If it's what the program needs to create a shortcut, so please tell that how to fix this one too?
                            I think it is the last step probably.

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                              Is the file really where the link is pointing to ?

                              By the way there's also an example here for the start menu.

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                              • SGaistS SGaist

                                Is the file really where the link is pointing to ?

                                By the way there's also an example here for the start menu.

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                                wrote on last edited by tomy
                                #43

                                @SGaist said in On the way of making an app installable:

                                Is the file really where the link is pointing to ?

                                Yes, the file installscript.qs is in the meta folder with these contents.

                                By the way there's also an example here for the start menu.

                                Does it mean I should again read the Docs!? :( :( :(
                                They are not that clear and I will have to again ask 100 questions. :( :(

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                                  I mean, is Calc.exe really where the link is pointing to ?
                                  Can you start it without using the link ?

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                                    #45

                                    I tried to understand that .qs file and only figured out that it tries to create a shortcut on both Start Menu and Desktop (Windows) and couldn't find any flaw in it.

                                    If the problem is of the paths as the error message says, so why that unknown shortcut is even created? If paths are not compatible, so no shortcut should be created, I assume.

                                    As another attempt to solve the problem, I copied the Cal.exe file (from Release folder) and pasted it on Desktop (to eliminate any incompatible paths ) and re-ran this command:

                                    C:\Qt\QtIFW2.0.3\bin\binarycreator.exe -c C:\Users\CS\Desktop\package_directory\config\config.xml -p C:\Users\CS\Desktop\package_directory\packages C:\Users\CS\Desktop\Cal.exe

                                    Again, the same result, an "unknown" shortcut!!

                                    I also read this link and tried to find a clue to solve the issue, but didn't see any differences with my .qs file. :( :(

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                                      Because Windows doesn't forbid to create invalid links.

                                      Is it me or are you naming your installer the same name as your application ?

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                                      • SGaistS SGaist

                                        Because Windows doesn't forbid to create invalid links.

                                        Is it me or are you naming your installer the same name as your application ?

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                                        wrote on last edited by tomy
                                        #47

                                        @SGaist
                                        Please SGaist remember that I'm a newcomer of Qt and the first time I hear Qt Installer Framework, .qs files, creating an installer and .xml files.

                                        OK, I copied the Cal.exe file on Desktop and named it Cal_app. Then ran the Command:

                                        C:\Qt\QtIFW2.0.3\bin\binarycreator.exe -c C:\Users\CS\Desktop\package_directory\config\config.xml -p C:\Users\CS\Desktop\package_directory\packages C:\Users\CS\Desktop\Cal_app.exe

                                        Exactly the same outcome!

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                                          The content of the CreateShortcut command should point to where your executable will be installed. In your code your application is called Cal.exe.

                                          Then in your binarycreator.exe call, you name the installer also Cal.exe thus aren't they both having the same name ?

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