On the way of making an app installable

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.

tomy

@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)

SGaist

In the same folder as package.xml

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

tomy

@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

SGaist

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

tomy

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?

SGaist

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

tomy

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.

SGaist

Is the file really where the link is pointing to ?

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

tomy

@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. :( :(

SGaist

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

tomy

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. :( :(

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 ?

tomy

@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!

SGaist

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 ?

tomy

Please read my previous edited post. I changed the name of Cal.exe file.