Setting application info in a Qt executable file on Windows

Question

Anyone have an tips on setting the application info (ie. right click on .exe->properties) from Qt?

I can add arbitrary version strings to Qt resource file (qrc) and display them. But most Windows installers check the version number and I can't find a Qt way of setting these fields other than manually maintaining a separate .RC file

Some way that lets you update this from an automated build would also be nice!

Answer 1

Here's how I do it... add a file called resources.rc to your project with the contents:

IDI_ICON1   ICON    DISCARDABLE "res/app.ico"  #include <windows.h> #include "version.h"  VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION PRODUCTVERSION  VER_PRODUCTVERSION BEGIN     BLOCK "StringFileInfo"     BEGIN         BLOCK "040904E4"         BEGIN             VALUE "CompanyName",        VER_COMPANYNAME_STR             VALUE "FileDescription",    VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR             VALUE "FileVersion",        VER_FILEVERSION_STR             VALUE "InternalName",       VER_INTERNALNAME_STR             VALUE "LegalCopyright",     VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR             VALUE "LegalTrademarks1",   VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR             VALUE "LegalTrademarks2",   VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR             VALUE "OriginalFilename",   VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR             VALUE "ProductName",        VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR             VALUE "ProductVersion",     VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR         END     END      BLOCK "VarFileInfo"     BEGIN         VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252     END END 

and a file called version.h with the contents:

#ifndef VERSION_H #define VERSION_H  #define VER_FILEVERSION             1,0,0,0 #define VER_FILEVERSION_STR         "1.0.0.0\0"  #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION          1,0,0,0 #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR      "1.0\0"  #define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR         "Your Organization" #define VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR     "CoolApplication" #define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR        "CoolApplication" #define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR      "Copyright © 2010 Your Organization" #define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR    "All Rights Reserved" #define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR    VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR #define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR    "coolapplication.exe" #define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR         "CoolApplication"  #define VER_COMPANYDOMAIN_STR       "example.org"  #endif // VERSION_H 

and lastly to your .pro file, add: RC_FILE = resources.rc. Non-Windows platforms will ignore the value so you needn't prefix it with win32:.

Answer 2

Okay, two years after being asked... but maybe somebody will find it useful...

Try to use the following qmake variables:

VERSION = 0.4.0.1 QMAKE_TARGET_COMPANY = company QMAKE_TARGET_PRODUCT = product QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = description QMAKE_TARGET_COPYRIGHT = copyright 

More info here.