Detail Information

[KaptainKarl]

Is there a way in QT to include the information in the Details tab of the Application Properties dialog in Windows? For example:

File description
File version
Product name
Product version
Copyright

QT SDK 2010.05
OS: Windows 7

Thanks,
Karl

[ChrisW67]

That information is stored in the Windows resource file and is Windows-specific. You can specify that a Windows resource file is included in your build with the QMake RC_FILE variable:

RC_FILE = example.rc

RC_FILE = example.rc

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an example RC file (also includes a program manifest and icon):

#include <windows.h>
#include "version.h"
 
#define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR         "Example Pty Ltd\0"
#define VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR     "Example Program\0"
#define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR        "Example\0"
#define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR      "Copyright 2010 Example Pty Ltd\0"
// #define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR    "\0"
// #define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR    "\0"
#define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR    "example.exe"
#define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR         "Example Application"
 
#ifndef DEBUG
#define VER_DEBUG                   0
#else
#define VER_DEBUG                   VS_FF_DEBUG
#endif
 
 
ID_ICON    ICON    DISCARDABLE    "example.ico"
CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "example.exe.manifest"
 
VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION    	VER_FILEVERSION
PRODUCTVERSION 	VER_PRODUCTVERSION
FILEFLAGSMASK  	VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
 
FILEFLAGS      	( VS_FF_PRIVATEBUILD|VS_FF_PRERELEASE|VER_DEBUG )
FILEOS         	VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE       	VFT_DLL
FILESUBTYPE    	VFT2_UNKNOWN
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        BLOCK "040904E4"
        BEGIN
            VALUE "CompanyName",      VER_COMPANYNAME_STR
            VALUE "FileDescription",  VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR
            VALUE "FileVersion",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "InternalName",     VER_INTERNALNAME_STR
            VALUE "LegalCopyright",   VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR
//            VALUE "LegalTrademarks1", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR
//            VALUE "LegalTrademarks2", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR
            VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR
            VALUE "ProductName",      VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR
            VALUE "ProductVersion",   VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
        END
    END
 
    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        /* The following line should only be modified for localized versions.     */
        /* It consists of any number of WORD,WORD pairs, with each pair           */
        /* describing a language,codepage combination supported by the file.      */
        /*                                                                        */
        /* For example, a file might have values "0x409,1252" indicating that it  */
        /* supports English language (0x409) in the Windows ANSI codepage (1252). */
 
        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
 
    END
END

#include <windows.h>
#include "version.h"

#define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR         "Example Pty Ltd\0"
#define VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR     "Example Program\0"
#define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR        "Example\0"
#define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR      "Copyright 2010 Example Pty Ltd\0"
// #define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR    "\0"
// #define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR    "\0"
#define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR    "example.exe"
#define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR         "Example Application"

#ifndef DEBUG
#define VER_DEBUG                   0
#else
#define VER_DEBUG                   VS_FF_DEBUG
#endif


ID_ICON    ICON    DISCARDABLE    "example.ico"
CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "example.exe.manifest"

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION    	VER_FILEVERSION
PRODUCTVERSION 	VER_PRODUCTVERSION
FILEFLAGSMASK  	VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK

FILEFLAGS      	( VS_FF_PRIVATEBUILD|VS_FF_PRERELEASE|VER_DEBUG )
FILEOS         	VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE       	VFT_DLL
FILESUBTYPE    	VFT2_UNKNOWN
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        BLOCK "040904E4"
        BEGIN
            VALUE "CompanyName",      VER_COMPANYNAME_STR
            VALUE "FileDescription",  VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR
            VALUE "FileVersion",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "InternalName",     VER_INTERNALNAME_STR
            VALUE "LegalCopyright",   VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR
//            VALUE "LegalTrademarks1", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR
//            VALUE "LegalTrademarks2", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR
            VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR
            VALUE "ProductName",      VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR
            VALUE "ProductVersion",   VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
        END
    END

    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        /* The following line should only be modified for localized versions.     */
        /* It consists of any number of WORD,WORD pairs, with each pair           */
        /* describing a language,codepage combination supported by the file.      */
        /*                                                                        */
        /* For example, a file might have values "0x409,1252" indicating that it  */
        /* supports English language (0x409) in the Windows ANSI codepage (1252). */

        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252

    END
END

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You will have to look to Microsoft documentation for the meaning of this.