QT program on windows will not run outside of the editor
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I would like to deploy my Qt application on windows with visual studio 2012 x64. However, outside of Qt Creator, it will not run.
My process is:
Set QT Creator to release
Copy Over the Necessary Dll's
Add CONFIG += embed_manifest_exe ro my .pro file
However, Nothing happens when I launch the executable. Is their anything I am missing?
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Have you deploy the plugins which is needed by your application?
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Offtopic: what does CONFIG += embed_manifest_exe do?
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Hi,
Please read the "deployment documentation":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtdoc/deployment-windows.html
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Hello!
SGaist:
I read the documentation when I tried to get my application to run
outside of the ide. I need help because I try to run my program outside of the ide and nothing happens, no error, nothing in task manager.Violet Giraffe:
The link to where I learned about CONFIG += embed_manifest_exe is here:I'm not convinced it is necessary, but I figured it doesn't hurt.
http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtdoc/deployment-windows.html#manifest-files
1+1=2:
I'm not sure what you mean by adding the plugins folder. I haven't seen a single qt windows program with a plugins folder by the exe (Is the plugins folder for qml, which I'm not using?).
Everyone:
Is there anything I could do to cause my working executable not to do anything I when I try to launch it outside of the ide.
Thanks!
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The plugin folder contains i.e. the plugins to handle various image types, database drivers etc...
And there's the platform plugins that you have to put in a platform folder beside you exec.You can also create a dummy application showing a QLabel and try to start it to see if you've got the dlls right
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I tried another application, and copied all the dll It gave me error's for. After I copied all the dll's that it gives me error's for, when I try to start the app, nothing happens. Is the platform folder mandatory?
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It is indeed
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Is the platform folder something added in QT 5, I haven't seen it in any qt apps on windows before.
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Yes it is, it's explained in the "deployment documentation":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtdoc/deployment-windows.html
