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  • VRoninV VRonin

    @mrjj That is sort of 7zip for .exes if the problem is space on the target device that will not solve very much as the program will be decompressed before it's started.

    It works really well, however, if your problem is transferring the file around

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    mrjj
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    @VRonin

    Well it decompresses to memory so unless its a size memory issue (on target), it should not matter.

    But of course it wont be as lovely small as curl + pugixml :)

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    • mrjjM mrjj

      @VRonin

      Well it decompresses to memory so unless its a size memory issue (on target), it should not matter.

      But of course it wont be as lovely small as curl + pugixml :)

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      @mrjj said in Qt Static Build Is Very Big:

      https://upx.github.io/

      It's vey hard for me.

      Do what you want.

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      • Taz742T Taz742

        @mrjj said in Qt Static Build Is Very Big:

        https://upx.github.io/

        It's vey hard for me.

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        #19

        @Taz742

        What is very hard ?

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        • mrjjM mrjj

          @Taz742

          What is very hard ?

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          Taz742
          wrote on last edited by Taz742
          #20

          @mrjj
          UPX only decompresses .exe?
          UPX can not just make it from my files only .exe ?

          Do what you want.

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          • Taz742T Taz742

            @mrjj
            UPX only decompresses .exe?
            UPX can not just make it from my files only .exe ?

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            mrjj
            Lifetime Qt Champion
            wrote on last edited by
            #21

            @Taz742

            yes it reduce size of exe.

            its not installer.

            you must produce single exe then compress it.

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            • mrjjM mrjj

              @Taz742

              yes it reduce size of exe.

              its not installer.

              you must produce single exe then compress it.

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              wrote on last edited by Taz742
              #22

              Thank @mrjj very much.
              If I made my project on Qt and I would make it static build And .Exe will be a maximum of 15 megabytes, UPX will bring it down 15 -
              min(15 * 50 / 100, 15 * 70 / 100), This is a lot for me.
              I would be happy with only about 500 kilobytes :(.
              Let's take the name of everyone skype installer. Where can it be written?
              Excuse me to get my problems out of Qt. I did not want a flood this topic.

              Do what you want.

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              • Taz742T Taz742

                Thank @mrjj very much.
                If I made my project on Qt and I would make it static build And .Exe will be a maximum of 15 megabytes, UPX will bring it down 15 -
                min(15 * 50 / 100, 15 * 70 / 100), This is a lot for me.
                I would be happy with only about 500 kilobytes :(.
                Let's take the name of everyone skype installer. Where can it be written?
                Excuse me to get my problems out of Qt. I did not want a flood this topic.

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                wrote on last edited by
                #23

                @Taz742 From the beginning of this thread it has been unclear to me what you actually want to do. For example, if you want to have a simple Windows-only application with a graphical user interface which does only one simple thing and whose size goes under 5MB, Qt isn't a good solution for you. See https://blog.qt.io/blog/2017/05/31/qt-lite-qt-5-9-lts/ for size comparison and you can see that under 5MB is so-and so with the Lite system, but under 1MB is unrealistic. The very small applications you see on Windows use some lighweight libraries or maybe only Microsoft's own Windows APIs. The reason they are small is because Windows has many libraries installed by default, not because Qt is bloated. If just under 5MB is acceptable, you can try e.g. wxWidgets, see https://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Reducing_Executable_Size. If you have a command line application without windows and widgets you shouldn't be using Qt in this case at all.

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                • Taz742T Taz742

                  Thank @mrjj very much.
                  If I made my project on Qt and I would make it static build And .Exe will be a maximum of 15 megabytes, UPX will bring it down 15 -
                  min(15 * 50 / 100, 15 * 70 / 100), This is a lot for me.
                  I would be happy with only about 500 kilobytes :(.
                  Let's take the name of everyone skype installer. Where can it be written?
                  Excuse me to get my problems out of Qt. I did not want a flood this topic.

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                  mrjj
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                  wrote on last edited by
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                  @Taz742 said in Qt Static Build Is Very Big:

                  15 -min(15 * 50 / 100, 15 * 70 / 100), This is a lot for me.

                  I have no idea what this shows.
                  Normally upx compress it to 1/3 of size.

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                  • Taz742T Taz742

                    Thank @mrjj very much.
                    If I made my project on Qt and I would make it static build And .Exe will be a maximum of 15 megabytes, UPX will bring it down 15 -
                    min(15 * 50 / 100, 15 * 70 / 100), This is a lot for me.
                    I would be happy with only about 500 kilobytes :(.
                    Let's take the name of everyone skype installer. Where can it be written?
                    Excuse me to get my problems out of Qt. I did not want a flood this topic.

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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #25

                    @Taz742 About the Qt Lite I would say that it's too much hassle for just one small Windows application (with the caveat that I haven't actually tried it). Without the commercial licence you have to manually edit hundreds of things and then compile Qt. With a commercial licence comes a GUI configuration tool.

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                    • E Eeli K

                      @Taz742 About the Qt Lite I would say that it's too much hassle for just one small Windows application (with the caveat that I haven't actually tried it). Without the commercial licence you have to manually edit hundreds of things and then compile Qt. With a commercial licence comes a GUI configuration tool.

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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #26

                      @Eeli-K
                      thank for reply.

                      #include <windows.h>
                      #include <commctrl.h>
                      #include <string>
                      
                      #define cli 1
                      #define ser 2
                      #define but 3
                      #define IDI_ICON     101
                      
                      const char ClassName[] = "MainWindowClass";
                      bool enter = true;
                      
                      HWND hWndButton, client, server, button, progress, combo;
                      
                      LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
                      {
                          switch (Msg)
                          {
                              case WM_CREATE:
                              {
                                  HINSTANCE hInstance = (HINSTANCE)GetWindowLong(hWnd, 1);
                      
                      			// Create ProgressBar
                      			progress = CreateWindowEx(0, PROGRESS_CLASS, (LPTSTR)NULL,
                      				WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | PBS_MARQUEE,
                      				30, 95, 530, 20,
                      				hWnd, (HMENU)0, hInstance, NULL);
                      				
                                  ShowWindow(progress, SW_HIDE);  // Hide ProgressBar
                                  
                                  // Create ComboBox
                                  combo = CreateWindow(WC_COMBOBOX, TEXT(""), 
                           				CBS_DROPDOWN | CBS_HASSTRINGS | WS_CHILD | WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_VISIBLE,
                          				190, 35, 110, 300, hWnd, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
                          				
                           		SendMessage(combo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)"item1"); // add Item
                      			SendMessage(combo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)"item2"); // add Item
                      			SendMessage(combo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)"item3"); //add Item	
                      			SendMessage(combo, CB_SETCURSEL, 0, (LPARAM)""); // Set Default Item		 
                                  
                      			// Create Install Button	
                                  button = CreateWindowEx(0, "BUTTON", "Install", 
                                  	WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD,
                                  	305, 36, 80, 24, 
                                  	hWnd, (HMENU)but, hInstance, NULL);
                                  
                              }
                              break;
                              
                              case WM_TIMER:
                              	{
                      				if (wParam == 1) 
                      				{
                      					if (enter)
                      					{
                                              int pos = SendMessage(progress, PBM_GETPOS, 0, 0) + 3;
                                              SendMessage(progress, PBM_SETPOS, pos, 0 );
                                              if (pos == 103) 
                      						{
                                                  enter = false;
                                              }
                                          }
                                          else
                                          {
                                          	int pos = SendMessage(progress, PBM_GETPOS, 0, 0) - 3;
                                              SendMessage(progress, PBM_SETPOS, pos, 0 );
                                              if (pos == -3) 
                      						{
                                                  enter = true;
                                              }
                      					}
                                      }
                                      return 0;
                              	}
                      
                              case WM_COMMAND: 
                              {
                                  switch (LOWORD(wParam))
                                  {
                                      case but:
                                      {
                                          switch (HIWORD(wParam))
                                          {
                                              case BN_CLICKED:
                                              	{
                      								SetTimer(hWnd, 0, 100, NULL);
                                  					SetTimer(hWnd, 1, 100, NULL);
                      								ShowWindow(progress, SW_SHOW); 
                                  					EnableWindow(button,false);
                                  					EnableWindow(combo, false); 
                                  						
                                  					TCHAR strText[255] = {0};
                      								int idx_row = SendMessage(combo, CB_GETCURSEL, 0, 0 );
                      								SendMessage(combo, CB_GETLBTEXT, idx_row, (LPARAM)strText);
                      								MessageBox(0, strText, TEXT("Information"), MB_OK | MB_SYSTEMMODAL);	
                                                  }
                                              return 0; 
                                          }
                                      }
                                      break;
                                  }
                                  return 0;
                              } 
                              break; 
                      
                              case WM_CLOSE:
                                  DestroyWindow(hWnd);
                              break;
                      
                              case WM_DESTROY:
                                  PostQuitMessage(0);
                              break;
                      
                              default:
                                  return (DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam));
                          }
                          return 0;
                      }
                      
                      INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, INT nCmdShow)
                      {
                          WNDCLASSEX wc;
                          wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
                          wc.style = 0;
                          wc.lpfnWndProc = (WNDPROC)WndProc;
                          wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
                          wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
                          wc.hInstance = hInstance;
                          wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICON));
                          wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICON));
                          wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
                          wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 8);
                          wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
                          wc.lpszClassName = ClassName;
                      
                          if (!RegisterClassEx(&wc))
                          {
                              MessageBox(NULL, "Failed To Register The Window Class.", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
                              return 0;
                          }
                      
                          HWND hWnd;
                          hWnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, ClassName,
                          	"Installer",
                          	WS_EX_LAYERED,
                          	CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
                          	600, 250, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
                      
                          if (!hWnd)
                          {
                              MessageBox(NULL, "Window Creation Failed.", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
                              return 0;
                          }
                      
                          ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOW);
                          UpdateWindow(hWnd);
                      
                          MSG    Msg;
                          while (GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0))
                          {
                              TranslateMessage(&Msg);
                              DispatchMessage(&Msg);
                          }
                      
                          return Msg.wParam;
                      }
                      

                      In order to get what I needed to write the WIN API application in Dev C ++.
                      He did not request other and other platforms .dll and other files. (Only .exe).

                      Only this code can only be achieved with the following picture:
                      alt text

                      Now I can not create http file downloader.

                      Do what you want.

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                      • Taz742T Taz742

                        @Eeli-K
                        thank for reply.

                        #include <windows.h>
                        #include <commctrl.h>
                        #include <string>
                        
                        #define cli 1
                        #define ser 2
                        #define but 3
                        #define IDI_ICON     101
                        
                        const char ClassName[] = "MainWindowClass";
                        bool enter = true;
                        
                        HWND hWndButton, client, server, button, progress, combo;
                        
                        LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
                        {
                            switch (Msg)
                            {
                                case WM_CREATE:
                                {
                                    HINSTANCE hInstance = (HINSTANCE)GetWindowLong(hWnd, 1);
                        
                        			// Create ProgressBar
                        			progress = CreateWindowEx(0, PROGRESS_CLASS, (LPTSTR)NULL,
                        				WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | PBS_MARQUEE,
                        				30, 95, 530, 20,
                        				hWnd, (HMENU)0, hInstance, NULL);
                        				
                                    ShowWindow(progress, SW_HIDE);  // Hide ProgressBar
                                    
                                    // Create ComboBox
                                    combo = CreateWindow(WC_COMBOBOX, TEXT(""), 
                             				CBS_DROPDOWN | CBS_HASSTRINGS | WS_CHILD | WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_VISIBLE,
                            				190, 35, 110, 300, hWnd, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
                            				
                             		SendMessage(combo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)"item1"); // add Item
                        			SendMessage(combo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)"item2"); // add Item
                        			SendMessage(combo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)"item3"); //add Item	
                        			SendMessage(combo, CB_SETCURSEL, 0, (LPARAM)""); // Set Default Item		 
                                    
                        			// Create Install Button	
                                    button = CreateWindowEx(0, "BUTTON", "Install", 
                                    	WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD,
                                    	305, 36, 80, 24, 
                                    	hWnd, (HMENU)but, hInstance, NULL);
                                    
                                }
                                break;
                                
                                case WM_TIMER:
                                	{
                        				if (wParam == 1) 
                        				{
                        					if (enter)
                        					{
                                                int pos = SendMessage(progress, PBM_GETPOS, 0, 0) + 3;
                                                SendMessage(progress, PBM_SETPOS, pos, 0 );
                                                if (pos == 103) 
                        						{
                                                    enter = false;
                                                }
                                            }
                                            else
                                            {
                                            	int pos = SendMessage(progress, PBM_GETPOS, 0, 0) - 3;
                                                SendMessage(progress, PBM_SETPOS, pos, 0 );
                                                if (pos == -3) 
                        						{
                                                    enter = true;
                                                }
                        					}
                                        }
                                        return 0;
                                	}
                        
                                case WM_COMMAND: 
                                {
                                    switch (LOWORD(wParam))
                                    {
                                        case but:
                                        {
                                            switch (HIWORD(wParam))
                                            {
                                                case BN_CLICKED:
                                                	{
                        								SetTimer(hWnd, 0, 100, NULL);
                                    					SetTimer(hWnd, 1, 100, NULL);
                        								ShowWindow(progress, SW_SHOW); 
                                    					EnableWindow(button,false);
                                    					EnableWindow(combo, false); 
                                    						
                                    					TCHAR strText[255] = {0};
                        								int idx_row = SendMessage(combo, CB_GETCURSEL, 0, 0 );
                        								SendMessage(combo, CB_GETLBTEXT, idx_row, (LPARAM)strText);
                        								MessageBox(0, strText, TEXT("Information"), MB_OK | MB_SYSTEMMODAL);	
                                                    }
                                                return 0; 
                                            }
                                        }
                                        break;
                                    }
                                    return 0;
                                } 
                                break; 
                        
                                case WM_CLOSE:
                                    DestroyWindow(hWnd);
                                break;
                        
                                case WM_DESTROY:
                                    PostQuitMessage(0);
                                break;
                        
                                default:
                                    return (DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam));
                            }
                            return 0;
                        }
                        
                        INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, INT nCmdShow)
                        {
                            WNDCLASSEX wc;
                            wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
                            wc.style = 0;
                            wc.lpfnWndProc = (WNDPROC)WndProc;
                            wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
                            wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
                            wc.hInstance = hInstance;
                            wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICON));
                            wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICON));
                            wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
                            wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 8);
                            wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
                            wc.lpszClassName = ClassName;
                        
                            if (!RegisterClassEx(&wc))
                            {
                                MessageBox(NULL, "Failed To Register The Window Class.", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
                                return 0;
                            }
                        
                            HWND hWnd;
                            hWnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, ClassName,
                            	"Installer",
                            	WS_EX_LAYERED,
                            	CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
                            	600, 250, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
                        
                            if (!hWnd)
                            {
                                MessageBox(NULL, "Window Creation Failed.", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
                                return 0;
                            }
                        
                            ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOW);
                            UpdateWindow(hWnd);
                        
                            MSG    Msg;
                            while (GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0))
                            {
                                TranslateMessage(&Msg);
                                DispatchMessage(&Msg);
                            }
                        
                            return Msg.wParam;
                        }
                        

                        In order to get what I needed to write the WIN API application in Dev C ++.
                        He did not request other and other platforms .dll and other files. (Only .exe).

                        Only this code can only be achieved with the following picture:
                        alt text

                        Now I can not create http file downloader.

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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #27

                        @Taz742 "Now I can not create http file downloader" - why not? You don't have http networking features available? Use for example libcurl, it was already mentioned. But this has nothing to do with Qt so you will get better help somewhere else.

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                        • E Eeli K

                          @Taz742 "Now I can not create http file downloader" - why not? You don't have http networking features available? Use for example libcurl, it was already mentioned. But this has nothing to do with Qt so you will get better help somewhere else.

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                          wrote on last edited by
                          #28

                          @Eeli-K
                          Because libcurl can not be installed for Dev.
                          When I used to use the visual studio and transferred my project to visual studios that I had written on Dev. He asked .dll another computer to connect to the program.

                          Do what you want.

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                          • Taz742T Taz742

                            @Eeli-K
                            Because libcurl can not be installed for Dev.
                            When I used to use the visual studio and transferred my project to visual studios that I had written on Dev. He asked .dll another computer to connect to the program.

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                            jsulm
                            Lifetime Qt Champion
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #29

                            @Taz742 said in Qt Static Build Is Very Big:

                            Because libcurl can not be installed for Dev.

                            Did you try to build libcurl with your compiler?

                            https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                            • jsulmJ jsulm

                              @Taz742 said in Qt Static Build Is Very Big:

                              Because libcurl can not be installed for Dev.

                              Did you try to build libcurl with your compiler?

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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #30

                              @jsulm
                              I tried but I could not

                              Do what you want.

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                              • Taz742T Taz742

                                @Eeli-K
                                Because libcurl can not be installed for Dev.
                                When I used to use the visual studio and transferred my project to visual studios that I had written on Dev. He asked .dll another computer to connect to the program.

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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #31

                                @Taz742 That's offtopic but you need to link c++ redistributable statically also to have dependancy free application when compiling with MSVC. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37398/how-do-i-make-a-fully-statically-linked-exe-with-visual-studio-express-2005

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