cppcheck/win_installer/readme.txt

The Wix Installer for Windows
=============================

cppcheck Windows installer is created with WiX:
http://wixtoolset.org/

You'll need:
 - WiX
 - MSBuild (coming with Visual Studio)
 - VS 2015 CRT merge module

Configuring
-----------

Installer configuration is done in file config.wxi. Depending how you build
cppcheck you may need to alter the paths for binaries.

Product version and other info
------------------------------

Version number and product name are set in file productInfo.wxi.

Building installer
------------------

Before building the installer make sure all the components are build:
 - LIB dynamic link library (cppcheck-core.dll)
 - CLI executable (cppcheck.exe)
 - GUI executable (cppcheck-gui.exe)
 - GUI translations (*.qm) - generated by the Qt's lrelease tool

And that runtime files are available:
  - Qt runtimes:
      Qt5Core.dll, Qt5PrintSupport.dll, Qt5Widgets.dll, Qt5Gui.dll and platforms/qwindows.dll
  - MS CRT merge module (Microsoft_VC143_CRT_x86.msm or Microsoft_VC143_CRT_x64.msm)

Build installer by giving this command line in VS command prompt (or run
vcvars32.bat in DOS prompt first to setup environment):

> msbuild cppcheck.wixproj /p:Platform=x86,ProductVersion=X.YY

For example:
> msbuild cppcheck.wixproj /p:Platform=x86,ProductVersion=1.40

Installer is created to Build -folder.
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`The Wix Installer for Windows`
			`=============================`
patch [ 2508523 ] Windows installer (with readme.txt based on patch comments) 2009-01-17 12:49:12 +01:00
windows installer: updated scripts and info 2012-04-15 11:28:06 +02:00			`cppcheck Windows installer is created with WiX:`
Small ReadMe updates 2014-01-04 12:38:23 +01:00			`http://wixtoolset.org/`
patch [ 2508523 ] Windows installer (with readme.txt based on patch comments) 2009-01-17 12:49:12 +01:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`You'll need:`
Small ReadMe updates 2014-01-04 12:38:23 +01:00			`- WiX`
Updated/Improved several readme files 2015-11-01 10:29:44 +01:00			`- MSBuild (coming with Visual Studio)`
			`- VS 2015 CRT merge module`
win_installer: remove trailing spaces 2012-09-22 20:39:25 +02:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`Configuring`
			`-----------`
patch [ 2508523 ] Windows installer (with readme.txt based on patch comments) 2009-01-17 12:49:12 +01:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`Installer configuration is done in file config.wxi. Depending how you build`
			`cppcheck you may need to alter the paths for binaries.`
Improve the Windows installer readme text. 2009-01-18 14:53:48 +01:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`Product version and other info`
			`------------------------------`
Installer: Add docoments to Start-menu. Add AUTHORS.txt, COPYING.txt and readme.txt to the Start-menu. Files are opened by default .txt file viewer which is usually Notepad. 2009-05-27 18:36:08 +02:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`Version number and product name are set in file productInfo.wxi.`
Improve the Windows installer readme text. 2009-01-18 14:53:48 +01:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`Building installer`
			`------------------`
Add VS runtimes to the Windows installer. cppcheck requires VS 9 runtimefiles to run. Those runtimes are installed by many programs and it is probable lots of people already have them. But still there are users without those files. And for them it is non-trivial task to get cppcheck to run. So better just include runtimes for everybody. 2009-05-08 21:57:24 +02:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`Before building the installer make sure all the components are build:`
Updated WiX installer: - Use FeatureTree GUI - users can select which parts should be installed. - Configured for MSVC10 builds - Use WiX 3.6 2012-11-03 22:13:01 +01:00			`- LIB dynamic link library (cppcheck-core.dll)`
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`- CLI executable (cppcheck.exe)`
Update WiX installer documentation. 2010-10-13 21:13:50 +02:00			`- GUI executable (cppcheck-gui.exe)`
Updated/Improved several readme files 2015-11-01 10:29:44 +01:00			`- GUI translations (*.qm) - generated by the Qt's lrelease tool`
win_installer: remove trailing spaces 2012-09-22 20:39:25 +02:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`And that runtime files are available:`
Update WiX installer documentation. 2010-10-13 21:13:50 +02:00			`- Qt runtimes:`
Updated/Improved several readme files 2015-11-01 10:29:44 +01:00			`Qt5Core.dll, Qt5PrintSupport.dll, Qt5Widgets.dll, Qt5Gui.dll and platforms/qwindows.dll`
release-windows.yml: use windows-2022 (#3939) 2022-05-13 19:48:17 +02:00			`- MS CRT merge module (Microsoft_VC143_CRT_x86.msm or Microsoft_VC143_CRT_x64.msm)`
Update Windows installer readme for including QT GUI and other installer improvements. 2009-06-05 09:26:19 +02:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`Build installer by giving this command line in VS command prompt (or run`
			`vcvars32.bat in DOS prompt first to setup environment):`
Update Windows installer readme for including QT GUI and other installer improvements. 2009-06-05 09:26:19 +02:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`> msbuild cppcheck.wixproj /p:Platform=x86,ProductVersion=X.YY`
Improve the Windows installer readme text. 2009-01-18 14:53:48 +01:00
Installer: Create short documentation for WiX installer. 2010-01-17 19:37:13 +01:00			`For example:`
			`> msbuild cppcheck.wixproj /p:Platform=x86,ProductVersion=1.40`
Installer: Put installer to Build folder and temp files to BuildTmp. 2010-03-08 19:44:34 +01:00
			`Installer is created to Build -folder.`