[Moved] include executable in the project

[luca72]

Hello i'm under mac, how can i include executable files in my project

thanks

Luca

[lgeyer]

Are we talking about deployment here? Or are we talking about starting external processes? Are we talking about adding additional compilers to qmake projects?

A bit more information would be useful.

[luca72]

in my program i use growisofs with QProcess, i need to include it in my executable.
How i can do it?

[lgeyer]

The only Qt-ish way I can think of is packing the executable as a resource and extract it on first use. Another possibility would be to directly link growisofs if going GPL is an option for you.

Besides from that this is a standard deployment question. Follow the tag on the right side to get further information.

[goetz]

[I moved the thread to the Installation/Deployment subforum.]

You should add the growisofs utility into the application bundle of your application.

Have a look at the "How to add resource files to an OS X application bundle":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Resource_files_in_OS_X_bundle wiki article and adapt the path in the bundle. Usually the directory MyProgramm.app/Contents/MacOS is a good place. Also make sure that additional libraries (if needed) are also copied to the bundle.

To call the utility from your application use the following snippet:

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QString growisofsPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/growisofs";
QProcess grow;
grow.start(growisofsPath, args);
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