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[feature] Provide `Qt: Deploy executable` in Command Palette.
Problem to solve
For example, after building an executable depended upon Qt on Windows, here is a problem I usually face.
If I don't put the bin
directory of Qt Kits into PATH
environment variable, the system will pop up the error of "lack-of-dll". The solution of it is to copy those dll files that it need into the directory of executables generaeted by us. But it is quite complex for Qt, so we can use windeployqt
tool to do so.
Proposal
I suggest that qttools provide a command called Qt: Deploy executable
in Command Palette.
And set the configuration of deployment arguments in settings.json
.
Further details
The configuration of deployment arguments in settings.json
could be like:
{
"qttools.deployqtArgs": {
"executablePath": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}"
"windeployqt": [
"--verbose 1"
"--no-translation",
"--no-opengl-sw"
],
"macdeployqt": [],
"androiddeployqt": []
}
}
@hwhsu1231 Do you would use it for deploy the application or for the development process? For dev scenario it would be better to inject the PATH variable automatically into launch.json
. There is a dedicated variable name environment
for that. That way it would be automatically done for you without any copy of files.