Qt Assistant for Windows XP

[koeniee]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is also a Windows XP version for the Qt Assistant?
I compiled my application with 'msvc_140_xp' and 'Qt 5.8', it is working without any additonal changes.

The only problem is the Qt Assistant does not run under XP.

I hope someone can point me in the right direction!

Kind regards,

Koen

[mrjj]

Hi
What about just compiling Qt Assistant with same setup as your app?
It should run then unless i missed something.

Why dont it run under xp ?
What happens?

(sorry xp have been dead for year for me so i have no way of testing)

[koeniee]

Thank you for your answer. I figured out how to compile Qt Assistant for Windows XP.

The only thing you need to add to the qtassistant.pro file is the following code:

win32 {
    contains(QMAKE_TARGET.arch, x86_64) {
        message("Building Xp 64")
        QMAKE_LFLAGS_WINDOWS = /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,5.02
        QMAKE_LFLAGS_CONSOLE = /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE,5.02
    } else {
        message("Building Xp 32")
        QMAKE_LFLAGS_WINDOWS = /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,5.01
        QMAKE_LFLAGS_CONSOLE = /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE,5.01
    }
}

And ofcourse you need to have the MSVC toolkit installed for XP. That's the msvc_140_xp toolkit.

[mrjj]

@koeniee
Super, thank you for reporting back with exact solution.
Even xp should be dead , with dead on top, it seems there are still many out there :)

[koeniee]

Yes xp should be dead, but if your application is serving many XP users it's nice to still have the option.

[mrjj]

@koeniee
Indeed. Xp still works fine. its just not safe to use near internet.