issue with rcc.exe and msvcr80.dll (re: Qt4 with Visual Studio)

[pdolbey]

I don't like all those separate little manifest file floating about with exe's. I'll tell you what I do to get rid of them - this applied to VS2005. After you've patched the Qt4 open source, but before you "qconfigure" it, find the file "<Qt Install>\mkspecs\win32-msvc2005\qmake.conf" where <Qt Install> is your installation folder.

Open the file up

#
# $Id$
#
# qmake configuration for win32-msvc2005
#
# Written for Microsoft C++.NET 2005
# only a slight difference to msvc.net, but Trolltech also has an extra qmakespec for 2005
#
 
MAKEFILE_GENERATOR      = MSVC2005
TEMPLATE                = app
CONFIG                 += qt warn_on release incremental flat link_prl precompile_header \
                          copy_dir_files debug_and_release debug_and_release_target embed_manifest_dll
QT                     += core gui
DEFINES                += UNICODE QT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT WIN32 _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
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#
# $Id$
#
# qmake configuration for win32-msvc2005
#
# Written for Microsoft C++.NET 2005
# only a slight difference to msvc.net, but Trolltech also has an extra qmakespec for 2005
#

MAKEFILE_GENERATOR      = MSVC2005
TEMPLATE                = app
CONFIG                 += qt warn_on release incremental flat link_prl precompile_header \
                          copy_dir_files debug_and_release debug_and_release_target embed_manifest_dll
QT                     += core gui
DEFINES                += UNICODE QT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT WIN32 _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
.
.
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Add "embed_manifest_exe" to the CONFIG line and save it. Now build Qt4 as normal and all the tools/samples/examples etc. should have their manifests embedded, as well as the runtime dll's.

Pete