I don't think so. I don't have a standalone QGIS installed to test, but I copied it into "C:\Program Files\NIWA_Quantum_Map\bin" (Quantum map is a simplified version of QGIS from NIWA) and it seems to run fine from there.
Also, from my osgeo4w install: $ cygcheck designer Found: C:\OSGeo4W\bin\designer.exe C:\OSGeo4W\bin\designer.exe C:\OSGeo4W\bin\QtDesignerComponents4.dll C:\OSGeo4W\bin\QtDesigner4.dll C:\OSGeo4W\bin\QtScript4.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNEL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll C:\OSGeo4W\bin\QtCore4.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll C:\OSGeo4W\bin\zlib_osgeo.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCR71.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCP90.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCR90.dll C:\OSGeo4W\bin\QtXml4.dll C:\OSGeo4W\bin\QtGui4.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMDLG32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV C:\OSGeo4W\bin\QtNetwork4.dll > -----Original Message----- > From: Etienne Tourigny [mailto:etourigny....@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:41 p.m. > To: Alister Hood > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QT-Designer > > It probably has some dependencies though... > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Alister Hood <alister.h...@synergine.com> > wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:11:29 +0200 > >> From: Andre Joost <andre+jo...@nurfuerspam.de> > >> To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > >> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QT-Designer > >> Message-ID: <k3ppn0$h11$1...@ger.gmane.org> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >> > >> Am 24.09.2012 16:05, schrieb Bernd Vogelgesang: > >> > >> > > >> > If anyone knows an easier way to get hands on the QT-Designer than > >> > installing this huge creator thing, it would be nice to be told > >> > about > >> it. > >> > > >> > >> The Osgeo4w Installer has all you want... > >> qt4-dev is the package. > > > > The designer is only 704kb. Perhaps it should be included in the > standalone QGIS installer... > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-user mailing list > > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user