Atrate / qSchoolHelper

qSchoolHelper (qSH)

A Qt5 project designed to help non-tech-inclined people deal with simple problems on a Windows computer without the need to call support.

This project has been designed and configured for use on Windows 10 computers.

Usage

Grab the latest .exe from the releases page or compile the app from source.
Launch the app and follow the instructions on screen.

Screenshots

Changelog

Contributing

For guidelines on how to contribute please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md. Please keep in mind that all pull/merge requests should be submitted to the GitLab repo, since repos on e.g. GitHub are just mirrors.

Dependencies

Qt 5.2 or higher
OpenSSL (libcrypto) (included in ./lib/dll/)
cURL (libcurl) (included in ./lib/)
Visual C++ Redistributable Runtime 2015 DLLs (included in ./lib/dll/)
MinGW or other >= C++17 compiler

Third-party components used

Building from source

Install Qt 5 with a compatible >= C++ 17 compiler (tested on MinGW)
Clone the repository
Open the .pro file in Qt Creator and configure the project
Compile the application
Generate the translation files using lrelease-pro qSchoolHelper.pro
Copy the translation files into exe_dir/data/translations/
Use windeployqt to copy the required Qt libraries
Copy all the libraries from lib/dll to the executable's directory
Copy the certificate bundle into exe_dir/data/

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0-or-later.

Icons adapted from:

https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/669949/buoy_help_life_lifebuoy_support_icon
https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/55586/clean_icon
https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/23799/firefox_icon
https://www.iconfinder.com/iconsets/UltimateGnome