QT Windows Compact 7 Support?
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Hi,
I was wondering if Qt will run on the recently-released (or soon to be released) Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS. All the Qt documentation says Qt will run on Windows CE 6, but there is no mention of Windows Embedded Compact 7. Has this been tested/tried out? Are there any breaking changes?
Thanks!
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Qt runs fine on win7 desktop edition, we use it a lot in our team.
To my knowledge there is nothing planned YET for Qt port on windows phone 7 (if thats what you are seeking). You might've heard this in the recent Nokia strategy announcement.
We have to wait and see how the whole thing turns out.
link: "http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/requirements-wince.html":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/requirements-wince.html -
I am specifically interested in Windows Embedded Compact 7 (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/windowsce/compact7.mspx). From my understanding, Windows Phone 7 is targeted only at Windows phones and under the hood is based off Windows CE. Windows Embedded Compact 7 is used for other limited-resource embedded devices (such as industrial devices).
I have heard about Nokia's partnership with Microsoft, which makes me a bit nervous, particularly as a Qt port to Windows Embedded Compact 7 or Windows Phone 7 would be in direct competition with Silverlight and could mean that Qt never gets ported to either OS (which would be a shame - it's truly in a league of its own when compared to Silverlight for Windows Embedded or even to regular Silverlight).
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As I heard a week ago, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is a Windows CE6 with some refreshed software components like a new version of the internet explorer.
So, Qt for wince 6.0 should run without or with only a few modifications on Windows Embedded Compact 7 -
That was my impression too tfengler. My only concern is whether Windows Embedded Compact 7 introduces any changes that would break the existing support for Qt on Windows CE 6 to the point where making Qt work on Windows Embedded Compact 7 becomes a non-trivial task. Has anyone had a chance to try Qt on Windows Embedded Compact 7?
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"-This thread says 'no' and the reasons for that.-":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/3829
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Sorry, I've written this post from my phone (pretty small display) and I've made a mistake - while searching for an answer in the forum, I've found the same thread :D -
[quote author="tfengler" date="1298272145"]As I heard a week ago, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is a Windows CE6 with some refreshed software components like a new version of the internet explorer.
So, Qt for wince 6.0 should run without or with only a few modifications on Windows Embedded Compact 7[/quote]That's absolute nonsense - the Microsoft people changed almost everything, not even all build-tools from WinCE6.0 are the same...
the good thing is: the OS performance is MUCH better than with WinCE 6I am actually busy in getting QT 4.7.3 running on WinEC7 (embedded compact) or better: WinEA7 (embedded automotive); there's not so much to be adapted, quite easy doing the port for yourself
-- only thing I am stuck now is that for some QT XML dll the GNU 'gperf' is required which I don't have (yet)
the most problematic things were: because WinCE6 lacks a lot of the features from the big Windows, there are stubs for those missing things; as WinEC7 has a lot of those available, these stubs need removed to make it compilable