[Qt-interest] GIF and JPG failing under Windows 7

Bob Babcock wssddc at nospam.gis.net
Thu Oct 21 03:30:02 CEST 2010


"David Ching" <dc at remove-this.dcsoft.com> wrote in
news:i9n3js$slf$1 at eple.troll.no: 

> "Bob Babcock"  wrote in message 
> news:Xns9E15ED289ED67wssddcgisnet at 62.70.27.71...
>>
>>I noticed that toolbar icons that were GIF files disappeared when I
>>ran my application under Windows 7 (64-bit).  Testing the imageviewer
>>example, I found that it can load PNG files, but not GIF or JPG. 
>>There's no problem under XP.  I don't have a 32-bit Windows 7 install
>>for testing.  MinGW and VC++ versions behave the same way.
> 
> Was Qt built with support for those graphical formats?  If not, you
> need the plugin DLL's.

I downloaded Qt from Nokia, but it seems the answer is no.  Putting the 
plugin DLLs in the right place makes it work.  I decided to simplify things 
by using only PNG (which doesn't need a plugin).  Thanks.



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