On 23/06/2012, at 12:00 AM, <chuck.pier...@nokia.com> <chuck.pier...@nokia.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I commissioned a deeper investigation into the scope of work required for Qt > to work fully on Windows 8. I will receive the full review of this > investigation early next week. I will make sure to share this detail with > everyone as soon as I am able to. > > Thank you, Windows desktop 8, Qt already compiles and mostly works. > > Chuck > > Chuck Piercey > http://www.linkedin.com/in/cpiercey > Cell: +1-650-224-3429 > Main: +1-650-488-4455 > Skype: chuck.piercey > > -----Original Message----- > From: interest-bounces+chuck.piercey=nokia....@qt-project.org > [mailto:interest-bounces+chuck.piercey=nokia....@qt-project.org] On Behalf Of > ext BRM > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 6:46 AM > To: interest@qt-project.org > Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt on Windows Phone 8 > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Pau Garcia i Quiles <pgqui...@elpauer.org> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 >> at 5:34 AM, <lorn.pot...@nokia.com> wrote: >>>> "Windows Phone 8 offers native support for the C and C++ >> development languages. This will be a boon for developers. Microsoft >> also plans to offer a wide range of APIs that work between Windows 8 >> and Windows Phone 8, which is possible thanks to the shared core." >> http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/240002414 >>>> >>>> Qt? :-) >>> >>>> From what I understand, until someone ports from Win32 to WinRT, or >> adds a WinRT platform, I doubt Qt will run very well on Windows Phone 8. >> >> (I said it a couple of days ago but apparently it went unnoticed) >> >> According to Herb Sutter, everything you can do with WinRT, you do in >> pure C++ using WTL. In fact, WinRT is implemented in terms of WTL. > > According to the WTL page on Wikipedia[1], WTL is built on and for the Win32 > API; and from everything I've heard from Microsoft on Win8Win32 won't be > allowed to work in Metro, only the "Legacy Deskop" environment. Where as > WinRT is used for Metro, and allows a very small subset of Win32[1], > especially if you want to target Win8 on ARM. > > That alone is a big difference; and if one wants to use Qt and native for > Win8, then Qt will have to be rewritten for WinRT support. > > Ben > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Template_Library > [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br205757.aspx > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
