compile app with compiler runtime.

This fixes and issue where users are required to download mingw dll's because they weren't shipped with app

Author: tfourj

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -83,20 +83,35 @@ if (WIN32 AND CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
     get_target_property(_qt_qmake_executable Qt6::qmake IMPORTED_LOCATION)
     get_filename_component(_qt_bin_dir "${_qt_qmake_executable}" DIRECTORY)
     find_program(WINDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE windeployqt HINTS "${_qt_bin_dir}")
+
     if (WINDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE)
         set(_deploy_dir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release")
+
         add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
+            COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E remove_directory "${_deploy_dir}"
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E make_directory "${_deploy_dir}"
-            COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy "$<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET_NAME}>" "${_deploy_dir}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:${TARGET_NAME}>"
-            COMMAND "${WINDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE}"
+            COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy
+                "$<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET_NAME}>"
                 "${_deploy_dir}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:${TARGET_NAME}>"
+
+            COMMAND "${WINDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE}"
+                --release
                 --qmldir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/qml"
-                --no-compiler-runtime
                 --no-translations
                 --no-system-d3d-compiler
                 --no-opengl-sw
-            COMMAND cmd /c if exist "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/installer/clean_release.bat" call "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/installer/clean_release.bat" "${_deploy_dir}"
-            COMMAND cmd /c if exist "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/installer/user_post_deploy.bat" call "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/installer/user_post_deploy.bat" "${_deploy_dir}" "${PROJECT_VERSION}"
+                --skip-plugin-types qmltooling,generic
+                "${_deploy_dir}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:${TARGET_NAME}>"
+
+            COMMAND cmd /c if exist
+                "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/installer/clean_release.bat"
+                call "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/installer/clean_release.bat" "${_deploy_dir}"
+
+            COMMAND cmd /c if exist
+                "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/installer/user_post_deploy.bat"
+                call "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/installer/user_post_deploy.bat"
+                     "${_deploy_dir}" "${PROJECT_VERSION}"
+
             COMMENT "Running windeployqt for ${TARGET_NAME} (release folder)"
         )
     else()

installer/installer/installer.nsi

@@ -127,40 +127,6 @@ Section "Main Application" SecMain
   WriteRegDWORD HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${APPNAME}" "InstallDate" $0
 SectionEnd
 
-; Optional VC++ Redistributable Section (unchecked by default)
-Section /o "Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable" SecVCRedist
-  DetailPrint "Downloading Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable..."
-  
-  ; Download the VC++ redistributable to temp directory
-  NSISdl::download "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe" "$TEMP\vc_redist.x64.exe"
-  Pop $0 ; get the return value
-  
-  ; Check if download was successful
-  StrCmp $0 success download_success
-    MessageBox MB_ICONSTOP "Download failed: $0"
-    Goto download_end
-    
-  download_success:
-    DetailPrint "Installing Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable..."
-    
-    ; Run the redistributable installer silently
-    ExecWait '"$TEMP\vc_redist.x64.exe" /install /passive /norestart' $0
-    
-    ; Check installation result
-    ${If} $0 == 0
-      DetailPrint "Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installed successfully"
-    ${ElseIf} $0 == 1638
-      DetailPrint "Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable is already installed (newer or same version)"
-    ${Else}
-      DetailPrint "Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installation failed (Exit code: $0)"
-    ${EndIf}
-    
-    ; Clean up downloaded file
-    Delete "$TEMP\vc_redist.x64.exe"
-    
-  download_end:
-SectionEnd
-
 ;--------------------------------
 ; Section descriptions
 !insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_BEGIN