Static exe still requires a few dlls.

Tab-Trader

Hello!

I'm using Qt 5.9.1 msvc2015_static. I was build this version from sources using theese commands:

configure.bat -prefix D:\Code\qt\Qt\5.9.1\msvc2015_static\ -platform win32-msvc2015 -recheck-all -commercial -confirm-license -debug-and-release -opengl desktop -no-angle -mp -static -no-shared -qt-zlib -qt-libjpeg -qt-libpng -qt-xcb -qt-freetype -qt-pcre -qt-harfbuzz -nomake examples -openssl-linked -I D:\Code\openssl\vc-win32\include -L D:\Code\openssl\vc-win32\lib -I D:\Code\qt\icu\include -L D:\Code\qt\icu\lib -I D:\Code\qt\angle\include -I D:\Code\qt\libevent-2.1.8-stable -L D:\Code\qt\libevent-2.1.8-stable -I D:\Code\qt\angle\src OPENSSL_LIBS="libeay32.lib ssleay32.lib gdi32.lib"

nmake
nmake install

Now i sucsesfully build a Qt application using msvc2015_static. But the application still requires theese dlls:

api-ms-win-downlevel-ole32-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-downlevel-user32-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-downlevel-version-l1-1-0.dll

I'm using libs to build code (if I remove any linker retunrs "unresolved external symbol"):

qtmain.lib
Qt5Core.lib
Qt5Gui.lib
Qt5Network.lib
Qt5Widgets.lib
Qt5PlatformCompositorSupport.lib
Qt5FontDatabaseSupport.lib
Qt5EventDispatcherSupport.lib
Qt5ThemeSupport.lib
Qt5AccessibilitySupport.lib
ssleay32.lib
libeay32.lib
advapi32.lib
crypt32.lib
gdi32.lib
iphlpapi.lib
mincore_downlevel.lib
qtharfbuzz.lib
qtlibpng.lib
qtpcre2.lib
qwindows.lib
shell32.lib
UxTheme.lib
Version.lib
winmm.lib
Ws2_32.lib
qtfreetype.lib
imm32.lib
dwmapi.lib
LIBCPMT.LIB
libcmt.lib
libvcruntime.lib
libucrt.lib
uuid.lib
kernel32.lib
user32.lib
oleaut32.lib
ole32.lib
comsupp.lib
qico.lib
qjpeg.lib

Are there an solution to build my application fully statical without any dll's requirments?

Thanks.

JonB

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38521156/how-can-i-get-rid-of-these-dll-dependencies

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Tab-Trader

Downlevel means I'm using minimal version of MS SDK which works on windows 7 and 8. I'm using windows 10 for build.

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

You would need to re-built Qt to link against the static VS runtime.

Tab-Trader

@SGaist Are there any options to configure static msvc linking into qt libs?

My \Src\qtbase\mkspecs\common\msvc-desktop.conf contains theese strings:

QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE -MT
QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE -MT -Zi
QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -Zi -MTd

Thank you.

SGaist

You have to modify the mkspec to use MT, so it looks like it has already been done.

Did you also re-compiled all dependencies to be static ?

Tab-Trader

@SGaist
I think yes, I did. I'll check all dependencies again.