Questions tagged [qt-installer]

The Qt Installer Framework provides a set of tools and utilities to create installers for the supported desktop Qt platforms: Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X.

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Create .msi installer with Qt installer framework

I've been looking into the Qt installer framework but when you create a setup using this tool it is a regular setup though I was wondering whether it would be possible to create an msi setup to be able to install a Qt program network wide. I've…
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How to translate Next, Cancel, Quit Buttons ? (Qt Installer Framework based)

I would like to translate my installer wizard (Qt Installer Framework based) in English or French (OS language depends). I added those lines in the "installscript.qs" file : Component.prototype.retranslateUi = function() { …
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Qt Framework Installer : blue rect gfx appear on my Licence Agreement page (MacOSX)

I have a glitch/bug on the Licence Agreement page of my installer. This bug only happens on Mac.I removed all non-mandary pages. Does someone can help me ? rem : It looks like a bad selection/focus of the TextZone. When I click on the radio buttons…
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Qt installer unregister filetype on Windows

I'm working with Qt installer to deploy my software on Windows machines. So far, everything works as expected: I can install stuff and register file extensions to be launched with my software. Let's say my app is named MyApp and the extension is…
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Qt installer framework hide or disable buttons

I want to hide or freeze the back button on a page ( to be more specific, License Agreement Page). I tried editing control.qs with few methods but it doesn't seem to work. Following is one of them Controller.prototype.LicenseAgreementPageCallback =…
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QtIFW Always create registry entry

I'm currently using the Qt-Installer-Framework to create a setup for my application. Everything works fine for now except one thing: If I install it to any location but C:\Program Files\MyApp, the installer won't create the registry entry for…
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Using Qt Installer Framework to create my Application Installer

I want to create an installer for my Application. So, I have read about Qt Installer Framework and I tested the tutorial example and create the installer and everything work find with the example. But I have a doubt when I try to do the same process…
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Is there a standard way to add to the "start menu" on Linux?

I am creating a Linux installer (currently looking at the Qt Installer Framework) and I need to add shortcuts to the start / applications menu. I have read about and experimented with .desktop files but that just puts the shortcut in the general…
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Setting "Program Files" as a default installation directory in the Qt Installer Framework

In the Qt Installer Framework, all of the demos have TargetDir specification that (for Windows) place the application in, e.g., C:\InstallationDirectory. How can I have it default to Program Files?
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Qt Installer framework - Copying files to location other than install directory

I know that, whatever data is placed in package/component dir/data, will be copied to the install directory. What I mean is if I have a binary, readme, license.txt inside package/component dir/data/myapp, package/component dir/data/readme,…
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Qt Installer Framework - How to customise?

I've managed to successfully create an ‘AdminProgram’ which is used to build the installer for my main project. It creates required configs/packages in file system correctly, updates all .xml files and copies all required elements into the correct…
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How to disallow further installations in different directories with QtIFW

My QtIFW-Installer works fine so far. But I can install the same application multiple times in different Locations. How can I detect, that the application is already installed in another or the same location and block installation in this case? I'm…
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Is there any way to allow a user to choose qt installer language?

Qt Installer uses system language as its windows' and the license's language. Is there any way to allow a user to choose the language? I.e., is there any way to change the language in a script? Note: I need this for Windows OS.
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How to avoid antivirus during installation?

Just made an installer (using QTIFW) for my Qt project but when I tried to install it on other machine the 360 Total Security interrupted the installation process. It pops up and complains about d3dcompiler_47.dll, asking the user to allow/block the…
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Use qt installer framework in a windows docker container

I am trying to build a container that has qt 5.15.1 and qt installer framework 4.1.1 installed. For this I have the following docker file: # Use a machine from FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/runtime:4.8-windowsservercore-ltsc2019 # Set…
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