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  • J.HilkJ J.Hilk

    @Vijaykarthikeyan than you're most certainly missing the QML part during windeployqt call:

    --qmldir <directory>

    with <directory> being the full path to your main QML folder, as in where your main.qml is

    otherwise how should the tool know what from QML you used in your application

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    @J-Hilk Are you mentioning about this directory,

    "qrc:/resources/main.qml"

    I don't want to mention any specific directory because I want to deploy in various target systems. That's why I preferred this one over local directory

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      @J-Hilk Are you mentioning about this directory,

      "qrc:/resources/main.qml"

      I don't want to mention any specific directory because I want to deploy in various target systems. That's why I preferred this one over local directory

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      @Vijaykarthikeyan you misunderstand, the windeployqt tool needs to know where your own qml files are so it can parse them, and according to the imports used, copy the needed dlls/modules over.

      if you don't specify your qml folder via --qmldir that part of the deployment will be missing.

      the tool will NOT copy any of your QML files over


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      • J.HilkJ J.Hilk

        @Vijaykarthikeyan you misunderstand, the windeployqt tool needs to know where your own qml files are so it can parse them, and according to the imports used, copy the needed dlls/modules over.

        if you don't specify your qml folder via --qmldir that part of the deployment will be missing.

        the tool will NOT copy any of your QML files over

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        @J-Hilk Somewhat understandable.. but still confused.. I understand that i have to include --qmldir <path/to/qml>

        Can you show me some minimal example..please,sir

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          @J-Hilk Somewhat understandable.. but still confused.. I understand that i have to include --qmldir <path/to/qml>

          Can you show me some minimal example..please,sir

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          jsulm
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          @Vijaykarthikeyan Not sure what example you need?
          You simply add one additional parameter to windeployqt as explained in the documentation (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/windows-deployment.html):
          "--qmldir <directory> Scan for QML-imports starting from directory."

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          • jsulmJ jsulm

            @Vijaykarthikeyan Not sure what example you need?
            You simply add one additional parameter to windeployqt as explained in the documentation (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/windows-deployment.html):
            "--qmldir <directory> Scan for QML-imports starting from directory."

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            • jsulmJ jsulm

              @Vijaykarthikeyan Not sure what example you need?
              You simply add one additional parameter to windeployqt as explained in the documentation (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/windows-deployment.html):
              "--qmldir <directory> Scan for QML-imports starting from directory."

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              @jsulm I'm succesfully executed that command line : windeployqt --qmldir <path to qml directory in qt version> <bin_file>.exe..

              it is successfully scanned without any error:

              Updating tr.pak.
              Updating uk.pak.
              Updating vi.pak.
              Updating zh-CN.pak.
              Updating zh-TW.pak.

              C:\Users\hp\build-incline2-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_MSVC2019_64bit-Release\release>

              but,then i try to run the.exe file,it is again not running

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              • V Vijaykarthikeyan

                @jsulm I'm succesfully executed that command line : windeployqt --qmldir <path to qml directory in qt version> <bin_file>.exe..

                it is successfully scanned without any error:

                Updating tr.pak.
                Updating uk.pak.
                Updating vi.pak.
                Updating zh-CN.pak.
                Updating zh-TW.pak.

                C:\Users\hp\build-incline2-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_MSVC2019_64bit-Release\release>

                but,then i try to run the.exe file,it is again not running

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                jsulm
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                @Vijaykarthikeyan said in .exe file is not opening:

                it is again not running

                Same issue? Something else?

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                • jsulmJ jsulm

                  @Vijaykarthikeyan said in .exe file is not opening:

                  it is again not running

                  Same issue? Something else?

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                  @jsulm same issue.

                  after running the command in corresponding directory like: windeployqt.exe --qmldir <path/to/qml library> <file_name.exe> ..it is scanned and updated allthe required libraries Screenshot 2023-09-04 145459.png

                  when running that project's .exe file.,it is showing showMaximized,widgets.dll,webengine.dll,qt5core.dll,webenignecore.dll is not located in dllScreenshot 2023-09-04 145222.png

                  all the requires libraries are updated but it shows error like this:Screenshot 2023-09-04 145715.png

                  Is that any wrong with my command?

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                  • V Vijaykarthikeyan

                    @jsulm same issue.

                    after running the command in corresponding directory like: windeployqt.exe --qmldir <path/to/qml library> <file_name.exe> ..it is scanned and updated allthe required libraries Screenshot 2023-09-04 145459.png

                    when running that project's .exe file.,it is showing showMaximized,widgets.dll,webengine.dll,qt5core.dll,webenignecore.dll is not located in dllScreenshot 2023-09-04 145222.png

                    all the requires libraries are updated but it shows error like this:Screenshot 2023-09-04 145715.png

                    Is that any wrong with my command?

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                    johngod
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                    @Vijaykarthikeyan said in .exe file is not opening:

                    windeployqt.exe --qmldir <path/to/qml library> <file_name.exe> --compiler-runtime

                    If you use Qt6 you need to use windeployqt6.exe instead of windeployqt.exe and you need to add --compiler-runtime to copy the missing compiler files

                    To sum it all up, I usually create a folder were I copy only the executable file, cd in to that folder and run the windeployqt6 from there:

                    cd D:\qtprojets\MyAppDeployFolder

                    C:\QtOpensourse\6.5.0\mingw_64\bin\windeployqt6.exe --qmldir D:\qtprojets\MyApp D:\qtprojets\MyAppDeployFolder\MyApp.exe --compiler-runtime

                    If you have several Qt versions, you should use the same windeployqt6.exe version of the compiled exe file

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                    • johngodJ johngod

                      @Vijaykarthikeyan said in .exe file is not opening:

                      windeployqt.exe --qmldir <path/to/qml library> <file_name.exe> --compiler-runtime

                      If you use Qt6 you need to use windeployqt6.exe instead of windeployqt.exe and you need to add --compiler-runtime to copy the missing compiler files

                      To sum it all up, I usually create a folder were I copy only the executable file, cd in to that folder and run the windeployqt6 from there:

                      cd D:\qtprojets\MyAppDeployFolder

                      C:\QtOpensourse\6.5.0\mingw_64\bin\windeployqt6.exe --qmldir D:\qtprojets\MyApp D:\qtprojets\MyAppDeployFolder\MyApp.exe --compiler-runtime

                      If you have several Qt versions, you should use the same windeployqt6.exe version of the compiled exe file

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                      @johngod I'm using 5.15.2

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                      • V Vijaykarthikeyan

                        @johngod I'm using 5.15.2

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                        @Vijaykarthikeyan Did it work ? If so, please mark the this as solved.

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                        • johngodJ johngod

                          @Vijaykarthikeyan Did it work ? If so, please mark the this as solved.

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                          @johngod I'm using 5.15.2 version. I've added --no-compiler-runtime at the end..

                          My command is like this one: C:\Qt\5.15.2\msvc2019_64\bin>windeployqt.exe --qmldir C:\Users\hp\build-incline2-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_MSVC2019_64bit-Release\exe --no-compiler-runtime

                          the bit versions are correct and correct directory..

                          but it is not importing any libraries in that exe folder..still get 4 error messages..Please help me to sort it out.

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                            @johngod I'm using 5.15.2 version. I've added --no-compiler-runtime at the end..

                            My command is like this one: C:\Qt\5.15.2\msvc2019_64\bin>windeployqt.exe --qmldir C:\Users\hp\build-incline2-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_MSVC2019_64bit-Release\exe --no-compiler-runtime

                            the bit versions are correct and correct directory..

                            but it is not importing any libraries in that exe folder..still get 4 error messages..Please help me to sort it out.

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                            jsulm
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                            @Vijaykarthikeyan said in .exe file is not opening:

                            --qmldir

                            This should point to your QML files in the project folder, not in build folder as far as I know. And you're also missing path to the exe file when calling windeployqt.exe.

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

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                            • jsulmJ jsulm

                              @Vijaykarthikeyan said in .exe file is not opening:

                              --qmldir

                              This should point to your QML files in the project folder, not in build folder as far as I know. And you're also missing path to the exe file when calling windeployqt.exe.

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                              @jsulm Thank you so much.. Your guidance solved my long term problem. I'm trying to search the solution for last two months. At last, that .exe file s running.. Thank you once again.. thank you too @johngod .. I owe you both

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                              • johngodJ johngod

                                @Vijaykarthikeyan Did it work ? If so, please mark the this as solved.

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                                @johngod Yes,it is working..you have solved my 2 months problem..thank you soooo much

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                                • jsulmJ jsulm

                                  @Vijaykarthikeyan said in .exe file is not opening:

                                  --qmldir

                                  This should point to your QML files in the project folder, not in build folder as far as I know. And you're also missing path to the exe file when calling windeployqt.exe.

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                                  #25

                                  @jsulm So, the correct template should be look like this:

                                  <qt-binary-folder>windeployqt.exe --qmldir <path-to-project-file> <path-to-Qt-build-folder>

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                                  • J.HilkJ J.Hilk

                                    @Vijaykarthikeyan than you're most certainly missing the QML part during windeployqt call:

                                    --qmldir <directory>

                                    with <directory> being the full path to your main QML folder, as in where your main.qml is

                                    otherwise how should the tool know what from QML you used in your application

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                                    @J-Hilk Thank you

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                                      Puneeth_BR
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                                      Hello @jsulm

                                      while i am trying to execute the .exe file getting the below error

                                      "This application failed to start because no Qt Platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fixe this Problem"

                                      can you help me to sort it

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                                      • P Puneeth_BR

                                        Hello @jsulm

                                        while i am trying to execute the .exe file getting the below error

                                        "This application failed to start because no Qt Platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fixe this Problem"

                                        can you help me to sort it

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                                        jsulm
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                                        @Puneeth_BR Deploy your app properly first. See https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/deployment.html

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

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