About Creating .sis for Nokia

[ardisaz]

Thx for your answer, i still have some question...

the path for the "addFiles.sources = levels/*.tmx" and "addFiles.path = levels" is taken from the .pro directory or from C://qt/project/levels? do i just write the code like that or i have to add some included?

and how to make sure that i have already deployed the extra file at .sis because i don't have nokia device?

thx a lot dear tsp

[tsp]

I have all source files (including pro-file) under "game" -folder (the absolute path is actually c:\temp\game) and the level files are in "game\levels" -folder and then in the pro-file there is the deployment part.

When you build your code to Symbian target you can check from the generated pkg-file what files are in the sis-file to ensure that all files that should be there are there, in my case generated game_template.pkg -file contains line:

; DEPLOYMENT
"/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/z/private/ee097ed6/levels/board.tmx"    - "!:\private\ee097ed6\levels\board.tmx"

; DEPLOYMENT
"/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/z/private/ee097ed6/levels/board.tmx"    - "!:\private\ee097ed6\levels\board.tmx"

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and based on that line I know that board.tmx file is in the sis package as well as the executable itself.

[ardisaz]

Wow,, it works!!
Thank you very much tsp...

[ardisaz]

Im sorry, i can find my file at template.pkg using that deployment technique but the file doesn't included at device (using nokia 5800). Same as friends with other project using database, the database didn't show up.

[seowebmarketing]

Hi,

I think You first need to create a .pkg file with directives for creating the sis file. Then you create the sis file using the makesis utility form the SDK.

[ardisaz]

Hi seowebmarketing,

i'm sorry, but could you please help me explain about create a .pkg file with directives for creating the sis file? thank you very much,,,

[tsp]

file doesn't included at device

What do you mean by that? If you create the SIS with the DEPLOYMENT keyword and without it, is the size of the SIS file different?

If you define the file with DEPLOYMENT keyword and the location is not correct i.e. file cannot be found then you are not able to create SIS file instead error message is shown that the file cannot be found.

Maybe there are some problems in the way you access the file?

[ardisaz]

Tsp, im sorry if i did't ask my problem clearly enough.

I guess i had the DEPLOYMENT Stuff inside the .sis package well. Like your code, i got my external files at something like "!:\private\ee097ed6\levels\board.tmx" with this code at mh .pro

CONFIG += mobility
MOBILITY = 
 
symbian {
    TARGET.UID3 = 0xe091ff94
    # TARGET.CAPABILITY += 
    TARGET.EPOCSTACKSIZE = 0x14000
    TARGET.EPOCHEAPSIZE = 0x020000 0x800000
 
    mysound.sources = sound\*
    mysound.path = \sound
    bonang.sources = sound\bonang\*
    bonang.path= \sound\bonang
    gong.sources = sound\gong\*
    gong.path=\sound\gong
    jengglong.sources = sound\jengglong\*
    jengglong.path= \sound\jengglong
    kempul.sources = sound\kempul\*
    kempul.path = \sound\kempul
    kendang.sources = sound\kendang\*
    kendang.path = \sound\kendang
    saron.sources = sound\saron\*
    saron.path = \sound\saron
    gambang.sources = sound\gambang\*
    gambang.path = \sound\gambang
    DEPLOYMENT += mysound bonang gong jengglong kempul kendang saron gambang
}

CONFIG += mobility
MOBILITY = 

symbian {
    TARGET.UID3 = 0xe091ff94
    # TARGET.CAPABILITY += 
    TARGET.EPOCSTACKSIZE = 0x14000
    TARGET.EPOCHEAPSIZE = 0x020000 0x800000

    mysound.sources = sound\*
    mysound.path = \sound
    bonang.sources = sound\bonang\*
    bonang.path= \sound\bonang
    gong.sources = sound\gong\*
    gong.path=\sound\gong
    jengglong.sources = sound\jengglong\*
    jengglong.path= \sound\jengglong
    kempul.sources = sound\kempul\*
    kempul.path = \sound\kempul
    kendang.sources = sound\kendang\*
    kendang.path = \sound\kendang
    saron.sources = sound\saron\*
    saron.path = \sound\saron
    gambang.sources = sound\gambang\*
    gambang.path = \sound\gambang
    DEPLOYMENT += mysound bonang gong jengglong kempul kendang saron gambang
}

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And i guess my mistake is the way i access the file. I used QCoreApplication::ApplicationDirPath() to try access the root of my application so i can added string like ("\levels\board.tmx") to access the file. The complete code is

alamat = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
    gamelan =
               Phonon::createPlayer(Phonon::MusicCategory,
                                    Phonon::MediaSource(alamat+"/sound/gamelan.mp3"));

alamat = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
    gamelan =
               Phonon::createPlayer(Phonon::MusicCategory,
                                    Phonon::MediaSource(alamat+"/sound/gamelan.mp3"));

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is there any mistakes i made?

[tsp]

I think the problem is in the way you have defined those extra files in the pro-file. You currently define those files as:

mysound.sources = sound\*
mysound.path = \sound
:

mysound.sources = sound\*
mysound.path = \sound
:

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That definition means that the path to where the files are deployed in actual device is under the root folder (i.e. !:\sound\...), so instead of that you should define the files as (remove the backslash from path definition):

mysound.sources = sound\*
mysound.path = sound
:

mysound.sources = sound\*
mysound.path = sound
:

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Then those files should be located in the !:\private\<uid>\sound folder and then you should be able to access those files in the way you currently access those.

[axel07]

Hi guys, i'm having same problem with ardisaz, the difference is i am using database instead of sound, but I have corrected my code like tsp suggested.
but my apps still can't access the database. So I tried to make sure the database is in the right place, and it is. The problem came up when I want to open the database

Here is the code when deploy and accessing the database :

database.sources = databases/*.db
    database.path = databases
    DEPLOYMENT += database

database.sources = databases/*.db
    database.path = databases
    DEPLOYMENT += database

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mDB = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE");
    QString dbName = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
    qDebug() << dbName;
    mDB.setDatabaseName(dbName+"/databases/juicemania.db");
 
    QString test = mDB.databaseName();
    QByteArray bb = test.toLatin1();
    const char *name2 = bb.data();
 
    if (!mDB.open()) {
        QMessageBox::critical(0, qApp->tr("Cannot open database"),
            qApp->tr(name2), QMessageBox::Cancel);
 
        return false;
    }
    return true;

mDB = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE");
    QString dbName = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
    qDebug() << dbName;
    mDB.setDatabaseName(dbName+"/databases/juicemania.db");

    QString test = mDB.databaseName();
    QByteArray bb = test.toLatin1();
    const char *name2 = bb.data();

    if (!mDB.open()) {
        QMessageBox::critical(0, qApp->tr("Cannot open database"),
            qApp->tr(name2), QMessageBox::Cancel);

        return false;
    }
    return true;

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Does anyone know what's wrong with my code?

Really appreciate any help, thx guys

[tsp]

First, add few checks to your implementation (if you do not have those already)

// Ensure QSQLITE driver is supported
if (!QSqlDatabase::drivers().contains("QSQLITE")) { // Print something ... }

// Ensure QSQLITE driver is supported
if (!QSqlDatabase::drivers().contains("QSQLITE")) { // Print something ... }

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And then you could try next way to access DB file:

mDB.setDatabaseName("databases/juicemania.db");

mDB.setDatabaseName("databases/juicemania.db");

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Because the default folder is your private folder there is no need to access your files via applicationDirPath -method. And last thing is that after failing to open DB, print information about the error using QSqlDatabase::lastError maybe that will reveal more about what is the problem with the open.

Also in your case return value from

QFile::exists("databases/juicemania.db")

QFile::exists("databases/juicemania.db")

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should be true if the file is in the correct location.

[axel07]

Wow thank you very much tsp

So I've tried all of your suggestion, and it looks like the problem is with the open, when I printed lastError, it said "unable to open database file, error opening database", do you know what the problem is or maybe you can direct me to any link that I can read, since maybe it start out of topic

Again, thank you very much