Unsolved Qt binary creator: Installation of own package on top of old version
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I use Qt binary creator with a command like
binarycreator.exe -v -f -p packages -c config/config.xml myTool.exe
to create an installer with my software version 1.0.
If I create a new version 1.1 of my software and a new myTool.exe file, then during the installation of this new version 1.1 I am told that an old version already exists in that directory and that the installation cannot proceed. Of course there is an old version 1.0 in that installation directory, but I want to overwrite it with this new version 1.1. How can I do it? I want that this one installer does an update of the installed software if there is an older version or a new install if there is no version installed.
Thanks.
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Hi and welcome to the forums
Seems like you can dofunction Controller() { installer.autoRejectMessageBoxes(); installer.setMessageBoxAutomaticAnswer( "OverwriteTargetDirectory", QMessageBox.Yes ); // ... }
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37940198/qt-installer-overwrite-previous-version
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Hi,
that doesn't seem to work, and stackoverflow comments seem to back that up, my install script is now this
function Component() { // default constructor } Component.prototype.createOperations = function() { // call default implementation to actually install README.txt! component.createOperations(); if (systemInfo.productType === "windows") { component.addOperation("CreateShortcut", "@TargetDir@/start.bat", "@StartMenuDir@/start.lnk", "workingDirectory=@TargetDir@", "iconPath=@TargetDir@/start.ico"); component.addOperation("CreateShortcut", "@TargetDir@/start2.bat", "@StartMenuDir@/start2.lnk", "workingDirectory=@TargetDir@", "iconPath=@TargetDir@/start2.ico"); component.addOperation("CreateShortcut", "@TargetDir@/Config.exe", "@StartMenuDir@/Setup.lnk", "workingDirectory=@TargetDir@", "iconPath=@TargetDir@/setup.ico"); } } function Controller() { installer.autoRejectMessageBoxes(); installer.setMessageBoxAutomaticAnswer( "OverwriteTargetDirectory", QMessageBox.Yes ); // ... }
The error I see is
My assumption is that I am asking for a very basic feature. The error report linked to stackoverflow doesn't make much hope, 4 years old...
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@KalleQt
yep seems to be unresolved. :(
I wonder if the other solution does work.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46455360/workaround-for-qt-installer-framework-not-overwriting-existing-installation/46614107#46614107