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Deploying TQt Applications

This document lists the platform-specific files needed to distribute TQt applications. We do not include any compiler-specific files that may also be required. (See also, Window System-specific Notes.)

• Static TQt Applications
• Dynamic TQt Applications
  • Distributing Plugins
• Dynamic Dialogs

Static TQt Applications

To distribute static TQt applications, you need the following file for all platforms:

• your application's executable

Dynamic TQt Applications

To distribute dynamic TQt applications, you will need the following files for all platforms:

• application executable
• the TQt library

The TQt library must either be in the same directory as the application executable or in a directory which is included in the system library path.

The library is in provided by the following platform specific files:

version includes the three version numbers. For threaded builds the version is prefixed with -mt.

Distributing Plugins

You must include any plugin files required by the application.

Plugins must be put into a subdirectory under a directory known to TQt as a plugin directory. The subdirectory must have the name of the plugin category (e.g. styles, sqldrivers, designer, etc.).

TQt searches in the following directories for plugin categories:

• Application specific plugin paths
• Build-directory of TQt
• The application directory

Application specific plugin paths can be added using TQApplication::addLibraryPath(). The build-directory of TQt is hardcoded in the TQt library and can be changed as a part of the installation process (see the distributor-example.html Distributor example).

Dynamic Dialogs

For dynamic dialogs if you use TQWidgetFactory, you need the following files for all platforms:

• The same files as used for dynamic TQt applications
• The TQUI Library

The TQUI library is provided by the following platform specific files:

The TQUI library must either be in the same directory as the application executable or in a directory which is included in the system library path.