How to copy Qt runtime DLLs to project output

Question

I have a simple project created in Qt Creator (installed using Qt SDK 1.1.4). It runs just fine from within Qt Creator, but if I then browse to the output directory in Windows

Answer 1

I ran into the same problem and jwernerny's solution helped me a lot. However, I was using Shadow Build on Window 7 and it needed a bit more tweeking.

I also needed to set the DESTDIR according to the current configuration.

In my case I wanted to copy *.qml files, that's how I achieved it:

CONFIG(release, debug|release): DESTDIR = $$OUT_PWD/release
CONFIG(debug, debug|release): DESTDIR = $$OUT_PWD/debug

QmlFiles.path = $$DESTDIR/Qml
QmlFiles.files += $$files(Qml/*.qml)

INSTALLS += QmlFiles

EDIT :

Since I use Shadow Build I need to use $$OUT_PWD to get the output folder.