I use WiX for my commercial Qt app, because: - All is defined in an XML file (.wxs) which is well handled by version control (mercurial) - The resulting installer gives a nice "windows native" feel to the end-user, especially the UAC part
However, the learning curve is definitely not the fastest. It's quite complex. 2015-02-19 10:07 GMT+01:00 Igor Mironchik <igor.mironc...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:56:53 +0300, Bo Thorsen <b...@vikingsoft.eu> wrote: > > > On 02/19/2015 02:09 AM, Jason Kretzer wrote: > >> Good day all! > >> > >> I am seeking recommendations for an installer (does not have to be free) > >> program that I can use to deploy a Qt Application(5.3) and compiled with > >> VS2010 to Windows 7. I am not sure of all the variety of packages out > >> there but am generally seeking: > >> > >> 1.)Can create an .exe or .msi which can install the application at a > >> certain location > >> > >> 2.)Can update a pre-installed version of the application with a new > >> version (in some fashion) > >> > >> 3.)Can check for pre-requisites and either package them or download and > >> install them (in some fashion) such as MSVC++ 2010 Redistributables, > >> etc. > >> > >> 4.)Can potentially read/write the registry and ask for proper > >> permissions to do so > > > > I used NSIS for a long time, mostly because it integrates very nicely > > with CPack. But when I switched this project to qmake, I switched the > > installer to wix, and I'm very happy with this decision. It took quite a > > long time to do the first version of the installer in a way that works, > > can update, integrates nicely with my qmake build etc. But now it's easy > > to modify. > > > > My setup works by creating an installer directory for release builds. I > > copy all the necessary Qt libraries and plugins to this dir on the qmake > > run, use the qmake substitution to create a wix include file with > > version info and a couple of other tricks. > > > > If you are interested in the full recipe of this, I can write a full > > description about it on my blog. > > It would be very nice to read about the full recipe. > > If you will decide to write blog post about it, email to the list link to > the post, please. > > > > > Bo Thorsen, > > Director, Viking Software. > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Igor Mironchik. > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest >
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