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    Default maintenancetool --checkupdates flag returns nothing

    The maintenance tool that is bundled with online installers for Qt applications can supposedly be run headlessly with a "--checkupdates" flag that returns update information if available (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3...rk-auto-update ). Unfortunately I cannot get this command to actually return anything, even when there is a known update available. I can start the maintenancetool from the command line and the update is visible, but trying to use the --checkupdates flag produces nothing.
    Qt Code:
    1. QProcess update;
    2. update.setWorkingDirectory(QDir::currentPath());
    3. update.start("maintenancetool --checkupdates");
    4.  
    5. // Wait until the maintenancetool is finished
    6. update.waitForFinished();
    7.  
    8. // Read the output
    9. QByteArray data = update.readAllStandardOutput();
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    I can get this code to open the maintenancetool if I remove the --checkupdates flag, but data is always empty even if there is an update. If I try and run the process in the command line it also produces nothing, so I don't think it's a problem with the code. Any ideas? There doesn't seem to be a lot of information out there about this.

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    Default Re: maintenancetool --checkupdates flag returns nothing

    Have you tried passing "--checkupdates" as an argument not as part of the executable name?

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    Default Re: maintenancetool --checkupdates flag returns nothing

    Yes, and it doesn't even work in via the command line. I'm stumped.

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