Application icon broken using Q7B VS compiler on Win

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Application icon broken using Q7B VS compiler on Win

Postby blatman » Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:42 am

Using the Q7B Deploy mode if the VS compiler is used the app .exe will not be linked with an icon - using the Ming compiler is OK.
Workround:
If QtCreator is used on the app .pro file generated by the Q7B Deploy process the .exe icon will be linked OK.

The only real clue I can see is in the Makefile.release files as below -
Q7B generated Makefile.release
LINK = link
LFLAGS = /LIBPATH:"c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib" /NOLOGO /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /INCREMENTAL:NO /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:"release\VSIconBug.intermediate.manifest" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS "/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY:type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*' processorArchitecture='*'"
LIBS = C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\qtmain.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtDeclarative4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtWebKit4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\phonon4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtSvg4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtSql4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtXml4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtGui4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtNetwork4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtCore4.lib C:\Basic4Qt\Qt\4.8.0\lib\QtUiTools.lib
QMAKE = c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\bin\qmake
IDC = c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\bin\idc.exe

QtCreator generated Makefile.release
LINK = link
LFLAGS = /LIBPATH:"c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib" /NOLOGO /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /INCREMENTAL:NO /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:"release\VSIconBug.intermediate.manifest" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS "/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY:type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*' processorArchitecture='*'"
LIBS = c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\qtmain.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtDeclarative4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtWebKit4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\phonon4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtSvg4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtSql4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtXml4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtGui4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtNetwork4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtCore4.lib c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtUiTools.lib release\windows_application_icon.res C:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtXml4.lib C:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtGui4.lib C:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\lib\QtCore4.lib
QMAKE = c:\qtsdk\desktop\qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\bin\qmake.exe
IDC = c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2008\bin\idc.exe

In the Q7B file the LIBS entry is the apparent difference and does not contain 'release\windows_application_icon.res' as an argument for QtUiTools.lib reference - the same qmake file is being used but I suspect that qmake is using a hardcoded? reference somewhere.

To test this far I tweaked the Registry to try and get some commonality with the QtCreator environment -

QtDir C:/Basic4Qt/Qt/4.8.0 original as installed
C:/QtSDK/Desktop/Qt/4.8.1/msvc2008 test setting

Anyway, that is as far as I can get - I'll climb back up to the Basic level now ...

Cheers,
B
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Re: Application icon broken using Q7B VS compiler on Win

Postby berndnoetscher » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:30 pm

Thanks for the investigation :-)
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