I think the developers need to run the QT Windows deployment tool "windeployqt" and bundle all the resulting files & folders in the Dream v2.2 zip file. I've tried "retro-fitting" it to the unzipped file on my system here, but there must be a mis-match between the QT the developers used and what I have on my PC. Dream now launches but promptly crashes when I try to change sound cards :-(
Last edit: Chris Mackerell 2020-02-20
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run the QT Windows deployment tool "windeployqt" and bundle all the resulting files & folders in the Dream v2.2 zip file
Can you elaborate on that idea? I can compile and it runs well on my win10 platform. I want to share my software with others, but it always asks for more dll files no matter how thoroughly I'v copied. Can I bundle all necessary files in a single step without too much hassle?
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Run the windeployqt command-line tool that comes with QT on the
dream.exe file and it should place all the needed QT dlls (and a lot
of other files) in the same directory. This fixes the "no QT
toolkit" error, but doesn't help with other non-QT dlls.
What version of QT and what compiler are you using, and which
branch can you get to compile?
Can you elaborate on that idea? I can compile and it runs well on my
win10 platform. I want to share my software with others, but it always
asks for more dll files no matter how thoroughly I'v copied. Can I
bundle all necessary files in a single step without too much hassle?
Thanks, Chris： I used Qt5.9.8, compiled with QtCreator 4.8.2 + build kit :MSVC2017(64bit). As to the branch, I made some minor fixes to the DreamV2.2.1, so it is not an official version.
I'll give that tool a test, and see if it works, thanks for your tips!
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This is a followup after I used the "windeployqt.exe"tool: It doesn't work, at least for some PCs. It pop up those messages: programe failed to start(0xc000007b)??
Sorry it didn't help. I don't know what else to suggest. I am new to
Windows development (though have been a programmer since the 1970s).
All the different development environments and toolchains are a bit
too complicated for my old brain :-)
If you do manage to get a working compile of the latest code I would be
keen to try and duplicate it here.
At the moment the best I have got is a working compile of the "dream-2019"
branch, which starts ok, but crashes as soon as I try and change sound
cards,
or if it tries to read any audio from the correct sound card. I can't
get Rafael's branch
to compile yet - I'm still getting undefined references there.
Regards, Chris
On 2020-02-21 20:50, zhongfanyang wrote:
This is a followup after I used the "windeployqt.exe"tool: It doesn't
work, at least for some PCs. It pop up those messages: programe failed
to start(0xc000007b)??
This is a typical bug for the officical DreamV2.2. You can modify the source code as I'v made to fix the problem. Please refer to this thread:https://sourceforge.net/p/drm/discussion/compiling/thread/ca5da7d0f8/
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Sorry it didn't help. I don't know what else to suggest. I am new to
Windows development (though have been a programmer since the 1970s).
All the different development environments and toolchains are a bit
too complicated for my old brain :-)
It makes me feel a little better that I'm not the only one having trouble (and I'm not a programmer)!
Mind you I had trouble back in the late 60's, in college, programming in Fortran and typing it on punch cards - waiting 24 hours for the result only to find it failed due to a missing comma or asterisk etc.
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As in the subject. QT Plugin: How and what to install? If I installed every option it would take a week and occupy too much storage.
How about a sticky on how to get the newest working on Windows 10?
Or an installer? How about that? A simple WIndows installer?
I'm using the older version and don't even see where the new one will work any better.
Obviously it wont because nobody can get it to work.
Come on team. Get it together!
I think the developers need to run the QT Windows deployment tool "windeployqt" and bundle all the resulting files & folders in the Dream v2.2 zip file. I've tried "retro-fitting" it to the unzipped file on my system here, but there must be a mis-match between the QT the developers used and what I have on my PC. Dream now launches but promptly crashes when I try to change sound cards :-(
Last edit: Chris Mackerell 2020-02-20
Can you elaborate on that idea? I can compile and it runs well on my win10 platform. I want to share my software with others, but it always asks for more dll files no matter how thoroughly I'v copied. Can I bundle all necessary files in a single step without too much hassle?
Have a read of the page:
Run the windeployqt command-line tool that comes with QT on the
dream.exe file and it should place all the needed QT dlls (and a lot
of other files) in the same directory. This fixes the "no QT
toolkit" error, but doesn't help with other non-QT dlls.
What version of QT and what compiler are you using, and which
branch can you get to compile?
Regards, Chris
On 2020-02-21 02:01, zhongfanyang wrote:
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Chris Mackerell, Sandy Bay-Marahau Road, Marahau
RD 2, Motueka 7197, New Zealand chris@owdjim.gen.nz
Thanks, Chris： I used Qt5.9.8, compiled with QtCreator 4.8.2 + build kit :MSVC2017(64bit). As to the branch, I made some minor fixes to the DreamV2.2.1, so it is not an official version.
I'll give that tool a test, and see if it works, thanks for your tips!
This is a followup after I used the "windeployqt.exe"tool: It doesn't work, at least for some PCs. It pop up those messages: programe failed to start(0xc000007b)??
Sorry it didn't help. I don't know what else to suggest. I am new to
Windows development (though have been a programmer since the 1970s).
All the different development environments and toolchains are a bit
too complicated for my old brain :-)
If you do manage to get a working compile of the latest code I would be
keen to try and duplicate it here.
At the moment the best I have got is a working compile of the "dream-2019"
branch, which starts ok, but crashes as soon as I try and change sound
cards,
or if it tries to read any audio from the correct sound card. I can't
get Rafael's branch
to compile yet - I'm still getting undefined references there.
Regards, Chris
On 2020-02-21 20:50, zhongfanyang wrote:
This is a typical bug for the officical DreamV2.2. You can modify the source code as I'v made to fix the problem. Please refer to this thread:https://sourceforge.net/p/drm/discussion/compiling/thread/ca5da7d0f8/
Last edit: zhongfanyang 2020-02-21
It makes me feel a little better that I'm not the only one having trouble (and I'm not a programmer)!
Mind you I had trouble back in the late 60's, in college, programming in Fortran and typing it on punch cards - waiting 24 hours for the result only to find it failed due to a missing comma or asterisk etc.
Last edit: Zygmunt Skrobanski 2020-02-21