Cannot Create SIS File

[Studio6A]

Hi Everybody,

I have some difficulties trying out this demo example from Qt: spectrum

It does work flawlessly in the simulator but I cannot deploy it on a real device. Here's the error message I get:

C:\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\release\gcce\udeb\spectrum.exe
Die Paketdatei 'C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum/app/spectrum.sis' konnte nicht gefunden werden: Paketdatei nicht gefunden

It basically says that it can't find a sis file because it has not been created. I tried it on several computers with the same result. Don't know what else to do.

You can find this example under the name "spectrum" in the qt sdk 4.6.3 (and above) SDKs in the demo folder.

I also tried to copy this code into the spectrum.pro file as explained on the blog as it contains an external DLL library:

bin.sources = fftreal.dll spectrum.exe
bin.path = /sys/bin
rsc.sources = $${EPOCROOT}$$HW_ZDIR$$APP_RESOURCE_DIR/spectrum.rsc
rsc.path = $$APP_RESOURCE_DIR
mif.sources = $${EPOCROOT}$$HW_ZDIR$$APP_RESOURCE_DIR/spectrum.mif
mif.path = $$APP_RESOURCE_DIR
reg_rsc.sources = $${EPOCROOT}$$HW_ZDIR$$REG_RESOURCE_IMPORT_DIR/spectrum_reg.rsc
reg_rsc.path = $$REG_RESOURCE_IMPORT_DIR
DEPLOYMENT += bin rsc mif reg_rsc


Hope someone can help me and thank you in advance!
- studio

[james1980]

Hi,

If you are trying for symbian device than does Qt creator detect your device?
Check this from the project option.

[Studio6A]

Hi james,

yes it does recognize my device. Other qt examples and selfmade apps do work corretly on the device. I'm only having troubles with this demo.
Thanks,
- studio

[danhicksbyron]

Is running the makesis step? If so, and it doesn't actually build anything (and there are no error messages) then you probably need to set the build configuration in the project properties.

[Studio6A]

It's compiling the project. But I'm not sure if it runs makesis. I attached the complete output of the compiler.
I checked out this directory: "/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/z/private/a000e402" as it cannot find the spectrum.rsc. The bad thing is that the directory is never being created. I'm using the default qtcreator/sdk configurations - haven't touched anything.

Here's the output:

Starte: "C:/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/tools/make.exe" debug-gcce -w 
C:\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\tools\make.exe: Entering directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
ABLD.BAT build gcce udeb 
make -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\EXPORT.make" EXPORT VERBOSE=-s 
make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
Nothing to do 
make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\GCCE.make" MAKEFILE VERBOSE=-s 
make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E403.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E403\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE MAKMAKE 
perl -S makmake.pl -D \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403 GCCE 
WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(40) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\osextensions\stdapis\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(41) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\osextensions\stdapis\sys\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(44) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\osextensions\stdapis\stlport\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(46) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\oem\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(49) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\osextensions\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(50) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\domain\osextensions\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(51) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\domain\osextensions\loc\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(53) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\domain\osextensions\loc\sc\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP(54) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\domain\middleware\loc\sc\" not found 


MMPFILE "\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.MMP" 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E402.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E402\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE MAKMAKE 
perl -S makmake.pl -D \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402 GCCE 
WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(54) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\osextensions\stdapis\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(55) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\osextensions\stdapis\sys\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(60) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\osextensions\stdapis\stlport\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(62) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\oem\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(65) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\osextensions\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(66) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\domain\osextensions\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(67) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\domain\osextensions\loc\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(69) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\domain\osextensions\loc\sc\" not found 

WARNING: \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP(70) : SYSTEMINCLUDE path "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\include\domain\middleware\loc\sc\" not found 


MMPFILE "\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app\APP_0XA000E402.MMP" 
make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\GCCE.make" LIBRARY VERBOSE=-s 
make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E403.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E403\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE LIB 
make -s -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\FFTREAL_0XA000E403\GCCE\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.GCCE" LIBRARY 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E402.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E402\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE LIB 
make -s -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\APP_0XA000E402\GCCE\APP_0XA000E402.GCCE" LIBRARY 
make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\GCCE.make" RESOURCE CFG=UDEB VERBOSE=-s 
make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E403.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E403\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE CFG=UDEB RESOURCE 
make -s -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\FFTREAL_0XA000E403\GCCE\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.GCCE" RESOURCEUDEB 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E402.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E402\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE CFG=UDEB RESOURCE 
make -s -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\APP_0XA000E402\GCCE\APP_0XA000E402.GCCE" RESOURCEUDEB 
make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\GCCE.make" TARGET CFG=UDEB VERBOSE=-s 
make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E403.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E403\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE CFG=UDEB BLD 
make -s -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\FFTREAL_0XA000E403\GCCE\FFTREAL_0XA000E403.GCCE" UDEB 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E402.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E402\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE CFG=UDEB BLD 
make -s -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\APP_0XA000E402\GCCE\APP_0XA000E402.GCCE" UDEB 
make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -r -f "\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\GCCE.make" FINAL CFG=UDEB VERBOSE=-s 
make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\3rdparty\fftreal -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E403.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E403\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE CFG=UDEB FINAL 
make -s -C \Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum\app -f "MAKEFILE_0XA000E402.MK" TO_ROOT=..\..\..\..\.. EPOCBLD=\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\EPOC32\BUILD\MAKEFILE_0XA000E402\GCCE TO_BLDINF=..\..\..\..\..\Users\Berger\Desktop\spectrum PLATFORM=GCCE CFG=UDEB FINAL 
make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
C:\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\tools\make.exe: Leaving directory `C:/Users/Berger/Desktop/spectrum' 
The Prozess "C:/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/tools/make.exe" wurde normal beendet.
Starte: "C:/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/tools/make.exe" sis 
make -s -f Makefile ok_sis 
Error : Cannot find file : /NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/z/private/a000e402/spectrum.rsc 

(32) : error: file I/O fault. 

file I/O fault, cannot open spectrum_unsigned.sis. 

SIS creation failed! 
The Prozess "C:/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/tools/make.exe" wurde normal beendet.

Thanks

[danhicksbyron]

Well, I understand very little about the build process in general, and even less about the Qt SDK, but this is your makesis step:

Starte: "C:/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/tools/make.exe" sis 
make -s -f Makefile ok_sis 
Error : Cannot find file : /NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/z/private/a000e402/spectrum.rsc

Here's a little about RSC files: http://www.newlc.com/en/File-types-a...endencies.html

I think in Qt the RSC file is just used to define the application name and menu icon.

When I look for the RSC files belonging to a vanilla Qt application on my Carbide setup I find four of them:

./data/z/private/10003a3f/import/apps/HeapLeak_reg.rsc
./data/z/resource/apps/HeapLeak.rsc
./release/winscw/udeb/z/private/10003a3f/import/apps/HeapLeak_reg.rsc
./release/winscw/udeb/z/resource/apps/HeapLeak.rsc

The last two are apparently associated with the emulator build and so irrelevant for the device build.

You can see what's in the files, in readable form by looking at the corresponding RSS files. (You should find spectrum.rss and spectrum_reg.rss in your project.)

[Studio6A]

Thanks, I checked out those .rss files in the project folder. They are being created automatically by qmake. But they never seem to get converted to .rsc files. It doesn't seem to create anything in this folder "/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/z/private/" that has something to do with this project. Also the rss files don't seem to contain anything that important:

spectrum_reg.rss:
#include <spectrum.rsg>
#include <appinfo.rh>

UID2 KUidAppRegistrationResourceFile
UID3 0xA000E403

RESOURCE APP_REGISTRATION_INFO
	{
	app_file="spectrum";
	localisable_resource_file="\\resource\\apps\\spectrum";

	}


spectrum.rss:
#include <appinfo.rh>
#include "spectrum.loc"

RESOURCE LOCALISABLE_APP_INFO r_localisable_app_info
	{
	short_caption = STRING_r_short_caption;
	caption_and_icon =
	CAPTION_AND_ICON_INFO
		{
		caption = STRING_r_caption;
		number_of_icons = 0;
		icon_file = "";
		};
	}

Hmm, I guess this project was created in Carbide.C++ and not in QtCreator. Is this a big problem? Other than that I really don't know what could cause this problem.

But thanks again!

[danhicksbyron]

Did you search for the rsc files? They may be somewhere other than where you and the build are looking. Have you tried doing a clean?