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/*!
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    \group qtce
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    \title Qt for Windows CE
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    \ingroup qt-embedded
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    \brief Documents related to Qt on Windows CE
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    Qt for Windows CE is a C++ framework for GUI and application development
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    for embedded devices running Windows CE. It runs on a variety of processors,
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    including ARM, Intel x86, MIPS and SH-4.
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    \table 100%
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    \header \o Getting Started \o Reference \o Performance and Optimization
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    \row
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    \o
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     \list
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        \o \l {Qt for Windows CE Requirements}
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        \o \l {Installing Qt on Windows CE}
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        \o \l {Windows CE - Introduction to using Qt}{Introduction to using Qt}
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    \endlist
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    \o
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    \list
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        \o \l {Windows CE - Using shadow builds}{Using shadow builds}
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        \o \l {Windows CE - Working with Custom SDKs}{Working with Custom SDKs}
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    \endlist
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    \list
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        \o \l {Windows CE OpenGL ES}{OpenGL ES}
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        \o \l {Qt Performance Tuning}
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        \o \l {Fine-Tuning Features in Qt}
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    \endlist
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    \endtable
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/*!
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    \page wince-with-qt-introduction.html
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    \title Windows CE - Introduction to using Qt
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    \brief An introduction to Qt for Windows CE developers.
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    \ingroup qtce
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    \tableofcontents
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    \section1 Required tools
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    In order to use Qt for Windows CE you need to have Visual Studio
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    2005 or 2008 and at least one of the supported Windows
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    CE/Mobile SDKs installed.
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    Note, that the Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition doesn't come
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    with Windows CE support. You will need the Professional Edition,
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    if you're using Visual Studio 2008.
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    We recommend the \e{Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for Pocket PC} SDK available
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    \l{http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83a52af2-f524-4ec5-9155-717cbe5d25ed&amp;DisplayLang=en}{here}.
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    \section1 Installing Qt
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    Follow the instructions found in \l{Installing Qt on Windows CE}.
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    \section1 Building your own applications
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    If you are new to Qt development, have a look at \l{How to Learn Qt}
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    and \l{Tutorials}. In general there is little or no difference in
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    developing Qt applications for Windows CE compared to any of the
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    other platforms supported by Qt.
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    Once you have a \c .pro file, there are two ways of building your
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    application. You can either do it on the command line or inside of
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    Visual Studio. To do it on the command line, simply write:
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    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_wince-introduction.qdoc 0
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    To build the project inside of Visual Studio, on the command line write:
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    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_wince-introduction.qdoc 1
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    then start Visual Studio with the generated \c .vcproj or \c .sln file and
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    select \e{Build project}.
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    For more information on how to use qmake have a look at the \l
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    {qmake Tutorial}.
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    \section1 Running the application
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    In order to run the application, it needs to be deployed on the
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    Windows CE/Mobile device you want to test it for. This can either
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    be done manually or automated using Visual Studio.
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    To do it manually, simply copy the executable, the Qt \c{.dll}
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    files needed for the application to run, and the C-runtime library
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    into a folder on the device, and then click on the executable to
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    start the program. You can either use the \e Explorer found in
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    ActiveSync or the \e{Remote File Viewer} found in Visual Studio to do
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    this.
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    Visual Studio can do this step automatically for you as well. If you have
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    built the project inside Visual Studio, simply select \e Deploy and then
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    \e Debug to deploy and then run the application. You can change the
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    device type by changing the \e{Target Device} specified in the
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    Visual Studio toolbar.
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    Further information on deploying Qt applications for Windows can
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    be found in the \l{Deploying an Application on Windows}
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    {deployment document}.
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