Including resource files in Qt Creator build directory

Question

I have a project I am working on with Qt Creator and I\'m trying to get it to add my resource files to my build directories (output) automatically. I have the files in the p

Answer 1

If you want to automatically copy files into a directory after the build you can use a post build target.

In your pro file:

win32 {
    copyfiles.commands = @call copy <from> <to>
}
macx {
    copyfiles.commands = cp <from> <to>
}
QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += copyfiles
POST_TARGETDEPS += copyfiles

Instead of copy <from> <to> you can obviously call a script/batch file that does more post build steps.

Answer 2

It's now 2012, and neither of these methods works for me. I get this error:

mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/src/GL-Texture-build-desktop-Qt_in_PATH_Debug'
/usr/bin/sh: copy: command not found
mingw32-make[1]: *** [copyfiles] Error 127
mingw32-make: *** [debug] Error 2
00:28:19: The process "C:\QtSDK\mingw\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project GL-Texture (target: Desktop)
When executing step 'Make'

Looking at the message, I am amazed to see that is using the sh shell, probably because of mingw. Anyhow I solved this problem by using the unix equivalent:

CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
    DESTDIR = release
} else {
    DESTDIR = debug
}

#for Windows
win32 {
    copyfiles.commands += @echo NOW COPYING ADDITIONAL FILES &
    copyfiles.commands += cp -r ../$${TARGET}/textures $${DESTDIR}/
}

QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += copyfiles
POST_TARGETDEPS += copyfiles

This happens on Windows 7 / QT 4.6.3.

Answer 3

Check out the Qt Resource System.

To add the resource file into your project, you have add the following in your .pro file..

RESOURCES = application.qrc

Detailed examples available in the Qt Docs..

Once added into the pro file, a separate .qrc file will be added into your Qt project with which you can double click and add your desired resources like icons, translation files etc.,

Hope it helps..